Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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Brandon Lutzow of Waldorf, Md., left, helps scrub the Vietnam Memorial along with other members of Rolling Thunder's Maryland chapter as they clean the memorial's wall in the early morning, Washington, D.C., Sunday, May 13, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Soap flows down through the names on the Vietnam Memorial as members of Rolling Thunder's Maryland chapter wash the memorial's wall in the early morning, Washington, D.C., Sunday, May 13, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Brandon Lutzow, right, of Waldorf, Md., makes his way to the Vietnam Memorial with other members of Rolling Thunder's Maryland chapter in the early morning on the National Mall to help wash the memorial wall, 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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Jason Shekleton, 10, center, helps unload scrub brushes as the 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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Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Cornell "Smokey" Langford of Clinton stares out into the pre-dawn sky as he and other members of Rolling Thunder's Maryland chapter meet in the early-morning hours at the Harley-Davidson motorcycle shop in Fort Washington before heading to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall in Washington on May 13. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Brandon Lutzow of Waldorf, Md., helps scrub the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall, along with other members of Rolling Thunder's Maryland Chapter 1 on May 13 as one way of honoring the sacrifices of those who died in the war. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Thousands of motorcyclist stage up at the Pentagon prior to heading toward the Vietnam Memorial as part of the 19th annual Rolling Thunder in Washington, DC, Sunday, May 28, 2006. ( Saul McSween / The Washington Times )

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Visitors are reflected next to a Christmas tree on the rain-streaked Vietnam Veterans Memorial wall in Washington on Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2011. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/The Washington Times)

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Visitors are seen reflected in the rain streaked Vietnam Memorial wall by the Christmas tree in the Vietnam Memorial in Washington, D.C. on Dec. 21, 2011. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/ The Washington Times)

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Selena Hajiani, at center, with William Hynes, both of Albany, N.Y., holds an ornament with a photograph of a soldier who went missing in the Vietnam War, on the Christmas tree at the Vietnam Memorial in Washington, D.C. on Dec. 21, 2011. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/ The Washington Times)