Vietnam War Memorial, Highground Veterans Memorial Park, Neillsville, WI, USA
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N 44° 33.929 W 090° 39.997
15T E 685291 N 4937331
National Native American Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
Waymark Code: WM71D1
Location: Wisconsin, United States
Date Posted: 08/18/2009
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Mounted on a 10 ton piece of red granite, the sculpture depicts an American Indian soldier dressed in Vietnam era jungle fatigues, holding a M-16 rifle in one hand and an Eagle feather staff in the other hand. The names of the American Indians in North America who died as a result of the Vietnam War are etched into black granite panels mounted on the base that surrounds the monument.
Inscription:
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NATIONAL NATIVE AMERICAN VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL
"THE FORGOTTEN WARRIOR"
THIS MEMORIAL STATUE WAS ENVISIONED TO SERVE AS A TOUCHSTONE WHERE THE QUIET TEARS OF UNRESOLVED GRIEF FROM MOTHERS, FATHERS, BROTHERS, SISTERS, RELATIVES AND FRIENDS COULD BE SHED IN AN HONORIFIC SETTING AND BE STRENGTHENED BY THE GROUNDSWELL OF PRIDE THAT THEIR DEPARTED LOVED ONES STAND IN AN ELITE COMPANY OF NATIVE AMERICAN WARRIORS WHO FOUGHT IN AMERICA'S LONGEST AND COSTLIEST UNDECLARED WAR. THE "FORGOTTEN WARRIOR" STANDS FORTH SYMBOLICALLY TO UPHOLD AND MEMORIALIZE THE HONOR OF THOSE NATIVE AMERICAN WARRIOR CASUALTIES AS A LASTING TRIBUTE TO THEIR SACRIFICES MADE IN THE SCRIPT OF COMMITMENT COMMINGLED WITH UNCERTAINTY, AND STRENGTH EMPOWERED BY PURITY.
DEDICATED SEPTEMBER 16, 1995
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Date Placed: 09/16/1995
Placed by:: Not listed
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