Total length is 493 feet 6 inches
No, the Vietnam Memorial is a US war memorial.
Yes it is.
The website: Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall, has an information section which answers those questions.
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The official name of the Vietnam Wall in Washington, D.C. is the "Vietnam Veterans Memorial." It is also referred to as "the Wall." The figures of the servicemen by the Wall are called "The Three Servicemen." The memorial is different than most war memorials. It is not a memorial to the war but is a memorial to all who served in Vietnam, both dead and those still living.
As of 2010, there are 58,272 names on the War Memorial Wall. Out of this total, around 1,200 are listed as POW's, MIA's.
There is a WWII memorial in Washington D.C. between the Washington Monument and the Lincoln Memorial, it's not a wall, but it's still pretty neat. There IS a Vietnam wall, it's in Arlington I believe
The animal engraved on the veterans memorial wall is an eagle. They are bronze sculptures of the eagles and the names of the veterans.
Vietnam War
"Freedom Is Not Free" is engraved on the segment of wall that extends into the pool area of the Korean War Veterans Memorial in Washington DC.
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The most important part is the long wall listing all the names of soldiers killed or missing in the Vietnam war.