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I went to the memorial the first few months it was opened. It was a rainy and cloudy day, so the appearance of the squad was much more like it might have been in Korea. A very moving experience.

My father served two assignments in Korea before and during the hostilities, one in the Infantry, so this memorial is very dear to me.
 
We went to DC over a dozen or so years ago. Absolutely loved it.

The Viet Nam War memorial moved me to tears. I was Class 1A in my Senior year in high school during the draft - ready and immediately available. Nixon wound down the war and I was never called up. So many names engraved on that long, stark, black wall. One could have been mine had things gone just a little bit different.

I went twice to the memorial. Once during the day, once at night. If you have the opportunity, go at night.

At night, there are small, 'tin' lights mounted flush in the walk, casting a faint light on the wall. With a black wall for the backdrop, and soft lighting, the effect was thousands of names seemingly just hovering in the air. It is a moving experience.
 
I've never been to nor seen a Chick-Fil-A, but I imagine that their outlets are much more modern than the one you've shown. Where is this place located?

Columbus, OH. It's new from the ground up but the sign was repurposed from a previous restaurant in that spot that was torn down.
 
We went to DC over a dozen or so years ago. Absolutely loved it.

The Viet Nam War memorial moved me to tears. I was Class 1A in my Senior year in high school during the draft - ready and immediately available. Nixon wound down the war and I was never called up. So many names engraved on that long, stark, black wall. One could have been mine had things gone just a little bit different.

I went twice to the memorial. Once during the day, once at night. If you have the opportunity, go at night.

At night, there are small, 'tin' lights mounted flush in the walk, casting a faint light on the wall. With a black wall for the backdrop, and soft lighting, the effect was thousands of names seemingly just hovering in the air. It is a moving experience.
I was in the same boat, I remember my #, and going downtown to take my physical. None of my high school friends were drafter either.
 
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