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Vietnam Women's Memorial

Alli

What you need to know before you go
to Vietnam Women's Memorial

         Have you ever heard of the Vietnam Women's Memorial in Washington D.C.? Well I have, and I want to tell you a little bit about it.  The Women's Memorial is a unique, living memorial.  It is a wonderful place to visit and take pictures at.  The Memorial is a very interesting and factional memorial. Those are 3 reasons why I want to tell you about the Women's Memorial.

          The Women's Memorial is a unique, living memorial because it is dedicated to honor the nine military nurses and 58 civilian women who died in Vietnam.  One registered nurse who served in Vietnam was asked this question:

"What was it like to be a women in Vietnam?"

She responded by saying "We saw the worst that man could do to man, and we saw the very best of the human heart."

           Vietnam Women's Memorial is wonderful and is a great place to visit and take pictures.  That is because the memorial belongs to all Americans and photographs and videos may be taken for personal enjoyment.  I know I will enjoy this how about you?

             The Women's memorial has a lot of information and is factional because when you go there you learn a lot about what the memorial is for.  I am going to name some facts that I know about the memorial are: There has never been a real official count of how many women actually served in Vietnam, but a reasonable estimate is thought to be about 7,500.  That may not seem like a large number, but Veterans would not hesitate to agree that there role was far greater than their numbers.  The memorial is a moving tribute to these women.  The memorial is a honoring all military women-past, present and future-and is the only major national memorial honoring women who have served in our nation's defense during all eras and in all services.

              This is the end of my passage on Vietnam Women's Memorial.  I hoped you enjoyed it and will visit it sometime to learn more about the fascinating memorial.  Now you can check out about some more memorials and museums and learn about them.   That is my expository passage on Vietnam Women's Memorial.

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      I learned a lot and I have a lot to tell.  I will start out with telling you about the wall of all the people who died in the Vietnam memorial.  I could not see it very clearly because it was dark outside and I was very tired, but what I did see was how many names there were.  There were about 40 people in each row and about a mile is how long it is.  That is a big wall and a lot of people on it.

     Another thing I learned is about that the people really used great teamwork and good judgment.  They really worked together and also they did a lot of practice in order to get out there and fight for us.

      There are many sculptures of people there at the memorial.  They worked so hard so they got there own sculpture.  You might get your own if you go in the war and work as hard as you can.

       I learned a lot and I hope that you learned from my passage.  Thank You for reading this story.

Citations

Vietnam Veterans Memorial collections http://www.nps.gov/mrc/reader/vvmcr.htm

Vietnam Memorial women's foundation http://www.awildorchid.com/vietnam2.htm