Vietnam memorial celebrates 20th anniversary: this Veterans Day marks an especially poignant anniversary over and above its normal importance. Twenty years ago this month the nation paid fitting tribute to the 58,229 Americans who died in the Vietnam War. As the pictorial reminds us, VFW played an instrumental role in making it all happen.(Veterans of Foreign Wars) VFW Magazine | November 1, 2002 | COPYRIGHT 2002 Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

Ten years after America's war ended, the national Vietnam Veterans Memorial was dedicated to the 58,229 Americans who died in Indochina. An estimated 150,000 people crowded the Mall in Washington, D.C., to observe five days of ceremonies that began on Nov. 10, 1982. Most were veterans and family members of the dead.

VFW played a "definitive and extensive role" in making the memorial possible, according to Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund President Jan Scruggs: "I needed money to get interest stimulated, and VFW was the only organization in Washington to come forward ...

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