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LYNN WATTERSON AND DENNIS CHAPMAN CONGRATULATE EACH OTHER ON THE COMPLETION OF THE WAR MOTHERS MEMORIAL AT PLEASANT VIEW CEMETERY.CHAPMAN, RIGHT IS A VIETNAM VETERAN AND IS A RECIPIENT OF A PURPLE HEART, SILVER AND BRONZE STARS.

THE INVERTED V IS INTENDED TO CONVEY THE DISCORD AND CONTROVERSY THAT SURROUNDED THE VIETNAM WAR. THE BRONZE BAS RELIEF DEPICTS A YOUNG WOMEN WRAPPED IN THE U.S. FLAG, AN AMERICAN SOLDIER AND AN AMERICAN PRISONER OF WAR ALL BENEATH THE EXTENDED WINGS OF A ...

THE BRONZE BAS RELIEF DEPICTS A YOUNG WOMEN WRAPPED IN THE U.S. FLAG, AN AMERICAN SOLDIER AND AN AMERICAN PRISONER OF WAR ALL BENEATH THE EXTENDED WINGS OF AN EAGLE AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF FREEDOM. SEE ALSO-IDAHO STATE VIETNAM WAR MEMORIAL

THE SIGN LIST THE NAMES OF JAPANESE AMERICAN INTERNEES SERVING IN WORLD WAR II ON FEBRUARY 1, 1943 PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT ACTIVATED THE 442ND REGIMENTAL COMBAT TEAM, A MOSTLY JAPANESE AMERICAN UNIT, WHICH JOINED RANKS WITH THE 100TH BATTALION OF THE HAWAII ...