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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.
People in the United States who wanted to withdraw from Vietnam were generally known as "doves". They called their opponents "hawks".
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The Vietnam Veterans Memorial is a national war memorial in Washington DC. It was established to honor the members of the US armed forces who fought in the Vietnam War and who died in service or are still unaccounted for.
In North America it is celebrated on November 11th, in Canada it is called Rememrance Day and every one should wear a poppy to honour the soldiers and the veterans.
Granting amnesty to America who evaded the Vietnam draft by President Jimmy Carter was called the most disgraceful thing a president has ever done.
No president--the US Congress changed the name to Veterans Day in 1954.
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.
1. Vietnam and anything associated with the Vietnam War was not popular. 2. Men came home on an individual basis, not as a unit; they rotated out of the Nam, called DEROS.
People in the United States who wanted to withdraw from Vietnam were generally known as "doves". They called their opponents "hawks".
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The veterans abbreviated it to "Nam. " And it was derisively called "McNamara's War" after Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara. Another Answer: To the Vietnamese it was called the "American War".
In North America it is celebrated on November 11th, in Canada it is called Rememrance Day and every one should wear a poppy to honour the soldiers and the veterans.
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial is a national war memorial in Washington DC. It was established to honor the members of the US armed forces who fought in the Vietnam War and who died in service or are still unaccounted for.
It's called the Vietnam Memorial. It's a large black wall with the names of the fallen and missing engraved on it.
The nation (country) of Vietnam didn't exist during the Vietnam War. Nor was any nation called "Vietnam" fighting the US. There was a country called North Vietnam that defeated the Republic of South Vietnam in 1975. The US was allied to the RVN (Republic of South Vietnam).
There are three primary traveling wall operations. One is maintained by the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, headed by Jan Scruggs - the originator of the Vietnam Memorial. It is called "The Wall That Heals," and is based in Washington, D.C. "The Moving Wall" is operated by Vietnam Combat Veterans, Limited out of White Pine, Michigan. "The Traveling Memorial Wall" is based in Brevard County, Florida in an organization of the same name.