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"Vietnam Memorial" A documentary honoring America's Vietnam War Veterans, recorded at ceremonies for the opening of the Vietnam Memorial Wall in 1983; the brunt of the story told by the veterans themselves. Originally shot on film.
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At scene of dedication of Vietnam Memorial, Washington DC. Two Vietnam Veterans having a heated debate, an African-American veteran saying that the war shouldn't be a source of pride and that too many blacks died versus whites, while a Caucasian vet angrily accuses him of raining on the parade, evidently the dispute is resolved.
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Veterans singing America the Beautiful, some have their arms raised. WWI veteran holding up a folded American flag.
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Caucasian woman telling a black veteran that she's proud him, regardless of the war's politics. She says that the veterans did what they were told to do and the nation should be grateful. They swap stories about a mutual acquaintance in the Medical Corps who was killed. One old white woman tells a story to two African-American vets about her son being killed four days after writing her a letter. Then says she never wants to see her 16 year old grandson go to war, that she hopes there's never another war, that it's hell.
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Formation of Vietnam veterans marching next to the Vietnam Memorial Wall. MS of Sioux Indian (Native American) veterans marching with banner.
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People checking names on the wall. CU of pictures left as tribute at base of wall. CU veteran saying it was a mistake for him to enlist, but he still couldn't believe the way he was treated when he got home. MS crippled veteran on crutches. Four U.S. Army Huey helicopters flying in formation past Washington Monument.
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Young children / elderly / others at the Vietnam Memorial wall, looking for names; some cry, others look lost in thought. MSs reflective wall, zoom in to MCUs of names carved there.
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Host Jan Scruggs, in 1992, discusses the monument.
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Low angle MS of Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall. MS of hands making rubbing with paper and crayon of a name on the wall.
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Host Jan Scruggs closes the program.
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DO NOT USE Information for Vietnam Veterans' Memorial Fund
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Closing credits.