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A woman in the audience wipes tears from her eyes during a Mother's Day ceremony to honor four American servicemen who have been added to the wall of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C., Sunday, May 12, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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A member of the U.S. Army Band plays taps at a Mother's Day ceremony to honor four American servicemen who have been added to the wall of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C., Sunday, May 12, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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At the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on Wednesday, (from left) Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta, Jill Biden, Interior Secretary Kenneth L. Salazar and Sen. Jack Reed applaud during a groundbreaking ceremony for an education center that will tell the stories of generations of veterans killed in combat. (Associated Press)
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A pair of combat boots lat the the foot of one of the wall panels of names at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial during Veteran's Day weekend in Washington, D.C., Sunday, Nov. 11, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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Veterans and current service members walks along past the names on the wall at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial during Veteran's Day weekend in Washington, D.C. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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Boy Scout Brayton Tetz, 11, of Herndon, Va., (left) passes out US flags and POW-MIA flags to veterans and others as they arrive for an event at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial during Veteran's Day weekend. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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A pair of combat boots lat the the foot of one of the wall panels of names at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial during Veteran's Day weekend. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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People point to names on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on Veterans Day, Sunday, Nov. 11, 2012, in Washington. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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"The whole point of the education center [at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall] is this is a place to educate young people, visitors to Washington, on the principles of duty, courage and honor," foundation leader Jan Scruggs says. (VVME AND RALPH APPLEBAUM ASSOCIATES)
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A visitor to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial touches the name of a fallen soldier etched on the wall of the memorial in Washington, Friday, May 25, 2012. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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Rolling Thunder's Maryland chapter, right, meet in the early morning on the National Mall to help wash the Vietnam Memorial, Washington, D.C., Sunday, May 13, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Rolling Thunder's Maryland chapter meets in the early morning on the National Mall to help wash the Vietnam Memorial, Washington, D.C., Sunday, May 13, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Rolling Thunder's Maryland chapter help wash the Vietnam Memorial in the early morning on the National Mall, Washington, D.C., Sunday, May 13, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Rolling Thunder's Maryland chapter meets in the early morning on the National Mall to help wash the Vietnam Memorial, Washington, D.C., Sunday, May 13, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Rolling Thunder's Maryland chapter meets in the early morning on the National Mall to help wash the Vietnam Memorial, Washington, D.C., Sunday, May 13, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Rolling Thunder's Maryland chapter meets in the early morning on the National Mall to help wash the Vietnam Memorial, Washington, D.C., Sunday, May 13, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
