In 1979, Congress grants a Vietnam War veterans' committee the right to build a memorial on the Mall in Washington, D.C., dedicated to American soldiers killed in the conflict in Vietnam.
The memorial honors the more than three million Americans who served in the U.S. Armed Forces in the Vietnam War, bearing the names of the 58,281 men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice in ...
In 1979, Congress grants a Vietnam War veterans' committee the right to build a memorial on the Mall in Washington, D.C., dedicated to American soldiers killed in the conflict in Vietnam.