Indiana V

At the Vigo County Court House in Terre Haute a new Veterans Plaza honors all. But, just around the corner, on 3rd, is a memorial to those who served and the 27 who were lost in Vietnam. To some local vets this just did not seem right, so they started a campaign to raise the necessary funds to have it moved, With nearly all the money raised the order has been given to begin the process. The Vietnam memorial will become part of the Vigo County Veterans Memorial Plaza.

 

 

 The memorial consists of a soldier, a dedication and a plaque listing the 27 from the area that were lost.

The plaque lists the year of loss, rank, name, and branch of service for each of the local heroes.

The dedication reads as follows:

FOR THE VETERANS OF VIETNAM
FOR THE M.I.A.S
FOR YOUR FALLEN COMRADES
FOR THOSE WHO CAME HOME
FOR YOUR HEROIC EFFORTS ABROAD
FOR YOUR GREATER EFFORTS AT HOME
WITH BELATED ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
OF YOUR DUTIES PERFORMED,
FOR GOD AND COUNTRY;
WE OFFER OUR HEART-FELT
GRATITUDE IN SAYING -
WELCOME HOME. 

The memorial was rededicated at the new site on October 8, 2012.

Join me, next time, in Lawrence, Kansas to see a small memorial at an Army Reserve Center. Check in, as always, at 9:00am on the 22nd of October.

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