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Vietnam Vets visiting the Traveling Wall at Caro, MI.
Episode 3051 of the Vietnam Veteran News Podcast will feature a story about the appearance of the Traveling Vietnam War memorial that brings healing, memories for Michigan veterans. The featured story comes from Central Michigan University’s WCMU and is titled Traveling Vietnam War memorial brings healing, memories for Michigan veterans.
The story was submitted by Masha Smahliuk. She is a newsroom intern for WCMU. She is going into her senior year at Central Michigan University, majoring in journalism with minors in creative writing, political science and advertising.
She reported in her story that “The Moving Wall” is a copy of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial that’s in the Washington D.C. with 58,318 names of American soldiers killed in Vietnam.
It was brought to Caro by the local American Legion for the second time. First, it was here 21 years ago. It travelled to Michigan from California, and after its stay here, it will go to Texas.
Hank Kuhne, who led the initiative to bring the memorial to Caro, said it took a year of organization and lots of support from the community. He said several hundred people visited the memorial.
For Kuhne, who served in Vietnam war for two years in the Marine Corps, having this memorial in the community and receiving such support is special.
Zach Howey who visited the memorial stated that “The Vietnam War may be history for some people, but for these veterans, they live it every day still,” Howey said. “I’m gonna make sure that these guys get the respect and honor they deserve, even though it’s been years ago.
“We live with our freedom today because of these people, so we should be able to respect them … and bring their memories back for them so they can cope with it and heal.”
Listen to Episode 3051 and discover more about the appearance of the Traveling Vietnam War memorial that brings healing, memories for Michigan veterans.
