I found out that the traveling war memorial (the wall) was going to be in Fontana today, so we packed up to go and see it. This is a 1/2 scale of the original and it contains 58,256 names, the original has 58,260 names.


When i walked up to the wall i got choked up, because, just being in its presence was more than i expected. then i walked along just looking and thanking these men and women for all they gave to me and our country. Folks have left personal items, that when i stopped to read it was really difficult for me to imagine the pain the families have felt.


Now i didn't know that our first casualty was back in 1956 this pic says it was in 1959. the reason it was not changed is because they cant change the granite inscription

 in 1975 the last18 casualties were recorded

i cant remember how many pow's they said are still out there


All in all we had a good day, we flew our kite and just kind of gave another thanx for the freedom that allowed us to do so




it is at miller park in fontana

POWerful stuff!! Ralph  In case you guys dont know it I'm 56, My lottery number in 1969 @ 18 was 112 !  sharing Fortunate to be Navy Reserve  Thanks For Sharing Ralph ! Tom

the way i put it in perspective for my dumb ass is this, your average pro-ball park is around 50k seats or so. i just think all the seats full then all dead. harsh i know but you dont see 50k in one place. it just sucks

My ex-wife's Uncle was on the front line in Vietnam ...having to kill many people ...He one day ,quite a few years ago asked me if I would take some reel to reel audio tapes that he made for the family,on a day to day basis during the war and convert them to cassette. Let me tell you,I had to listen to this stuff,I have never been so hurt/touched/confused and just down right sad and angry in my life. The stuff he/they all went thru on a day to day basis,while we were all at home running our normal lives was just the most incredible thing I could ever imagine! My ex-wife was his favorite niece,so when we got married and had children,he was ALWAYS there,he helped us with the kids in ANY WAY we needed! He was injured in an accident after the war and after that he was unable to work so he was able to be there at anytime..and let me tell ya...He was,it was like they were the babies he never had. Now he,I think is about 60(not sure) and lives in a home and doesnt even know who we are.   Anyway,WE ALL need to be THANKFUL to ALL of our Service Men AND Women EVERYDAY and think about what they sacrafice/d for OUR FREEDOM! THANK GOD FOR EVERYONE OF THEM! SO,if ya get a chance....take a look at that wall and think about what they all did for us and our Country and take a moment of silence-------------------------and say THANK YOU!!!  

thats cool stuff, i had no idea they were touring with a replica.....i'd love to go check it out.

when i was in jr high, i visited the actual wall ....and at that young age where stuff like that didnt interest me, i remember being greatly moved by it.

Unfortunately, sometimes history does repeat itself