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<blockquote data-quote="RayW" data-source="post: 210515" data-attributes="member: 2669"><p>Never made the run but have been to the wall on my own a few times. Very sobering. Was talking about it with my mom and as far as she knows we got lucky and none of my relatives are on there.</p><p></p><p>The memorial that really surprised me though was the korean war memorial. My dad served in that one. If you've never seen it there are statues of about a whole paltoon of soldiers in full pack and rain gear like they were making their way through a field....the spooky part is that they are a dirty white....looks like a ghost platoon on the march.... and then there is the wall deside them. Instead of names they etched faces of the soldiers on the stone, I assume from original photos. Looked like more ghost images. All in all very spooky and sobering.</p><p></p><p>As for myself I got very lucky. Viet Nam was all but over by the time I went into the Air Force in 75. I was also lucky enough to get a tour of west and east Berlin before the wall came down. Gave me a whole new respect for the job I was doing. I've actually still got a couple bricks from an old section of the original wall. Have them displayed where I can point them out to visitors.</p><p></p><p>At the bike show here a few weeks ago there were a couple Vets selling raffle tickets. Used my last $10 for one and shook their hands and thanked them.</p><p></p><p>Ray</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RayW, post: 210515, member: 2669"] Never made the run but have been to the wall on my own a few times. Very sobering. Was talking about it with my mom and as far as she knows we got lucky and none of my relatives are on there. The memorial that really surprised me though was the korean war memorial. My dad served in that one. If you've never seen it there are statues of about a whole paltoon of soldiers in full pack and rain gear like they were making their way through a field....the spooky part is that they are a dirty white....looks like a ghost platoon on the march.... and then there is the wall deside them. Instead of names they etched faces of the soldiers on the stone, I assume from original photos. Looked like more ghost images. All in all very spooky and sobering. As for myself I got very lucky. Viet Nam was all but over by the time I went into the Air Force in 75. I was also lucky enough to get a tour of west and east Berlin before the wall came down. Gave me a whole new respect for the job I was doing. I've actually still got a couple bricks from an old section of the original wall. Have them displayed where I can point them out to visitors. At the bike show here a few weeks ago there were a couple Vets selling raffle tickets. Used my last $10 for one and shook their hands and thanked them. Ray [/QUOTE]
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