Vietnam War Memorial, Brothers in Arms - Military Park - Oklahoma City, OK
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N 35° 29.671 W 097° 31.942
14S E 633118 N 3928875
This war memorial stands in Military Park, in the midst of a large Vietnamese community in Oklahoma City.
Waymark Code: WMW4J0
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 07/09/2017
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Brothers in Arms is the creative work of Thomas Warren. It commemorates the American and South Vietnamese soldiers who fought side by side in the 1960's and 1970's.
The memorial consists of two bronze sculptures, back to back, standing against a common enemy. Each is dressed in full uniform and carrying a combat rifle. The figures are standing on a circular pedestal, which in turn is mounted on a larger circular platform. In front of the figures is a large metal, decorative urn. A temporary plaque on the pedestal reads "Country - Honor - Duty / Vietnam Memorial / 1955 - 1975". The formal dedication is today, the date of submission, July 8, 2017.
Military Park is located at 24th and Classen. The memorial is at the south end of the park across from the very well-known Milk Bottle building. This memorial is being placed by the City of Oklahoma City, and the Vietnamese American Community of OKC and Greater Metropolitan Areas. It is aptly located within a predominantly Vietnamese community in the Classen area.
As we were leaving the memorial, a man arrived who appeared to be Vietnamese and the right age to have fought in the war. We struck up a conversation with him and learned that, indeed, he had been a South Vietnamese soldier. We were touched by the memorial but we can only imagine what he was seeing with his eyes.
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