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It Was A Requirement By The Veterans To List The 57,000 Names. We're Reaching A Time That We'll Acknowledge The Individual In A War On A National Level.

I Deliberately Did Not Read Anything About The Vietnam War Because I Felt The Politics Of The War Eclipsed What Happened To The Veterans. The Politics Were Irrelevant To What This Memorial Was.

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I Also Wanted Remembering The Past Relevant To The Present. Some People Wanted Me To Put The Names In Alphabetical Order. I Wanted Them In Chronological Order So That A Veteran Could Find His Time Within The Panel. It's Like A Thread Of Life.

To Me, The American Dream Is Being Able To Follow Your Own Personal Calling. To Be Able To Do What You Want To Do Is Incredible Freedom.