Vietnam War Memorial, Central Park, Carthage, Missouri, USA
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N 37° 10.379 W 094° 18.783
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This beautiful memorial is comprised of multiple polished black stone monuments surrounding a flagpole. Inscribed with a dedication, a poem by Major Michael Davis O'Donnell, and the names of all of the Missourians who gave their lives in the war.
Waymark Code: WM3XWV
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 06/02/2008
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HERE ARE OUR COMRADES FROM MISSOURI, PATRIOTS ALL.
MAY THEY NEVER BE FORGOTTEN AND GOD BE WITH THEM FOREVER.
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If you are able,
save them a place
inside of you
and save one backward glance
when you are leaving
for the places they can
no longer go.
Be not ashamed to say
you loved them,
though you may
or may not have always.
Take what they have left
and what they have taught you
with their dying
and keep it with your own.
And in that time
when men decide and feel safe
to call the war insane,
take one moment to embrace
those gentle heroes
you left behind.
Major Michael Davis O'Donnell
1 January 1970
Dak To, Vietnam
Major Davis, a US Army helicopter pilot, was shot down over Cambodia, March 24, 1970. He remains MIA. http://www.pownetwork.org/bios/o/o021.htm
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Requiescat In Pace my brothers - For as long as your names are remembered so too are you.
Thank you for serving for us and your country.
Placed by:: Vietnam Veterans of America, Southern Missouri Chapter 610
Date Placed: Not listed
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