Remembering Vietnam and Remembering Wallace A. Abbott
Last week, I attended my local DAR meeting and the guest speaker was retired Colonel and Vietnam veteran, Albert Nahas. Colonel Nahas has written a photo documentary book, Warriors Remembered, highlighting the images and stories behind 100 Vietnam memorials in the United States. Part of the Vietnam Memorial in Washington, D.C. (Photo taken by me, 2010) Several of those memorials include special images like a face without features or a dog tag without a name. Those images are to memorialize those who weren’t killed during the war, but who died as a result of the war. For example, some died later...