Other thoughts related to The Wall...

    DougR - I highly recommend your visit there; although I don't know your current circumstances, it's true that very few Americans of my generation were not touched in some way by the Vietnam Experience.   For me, each visit is a kind of positive renewal, and I've been there several times over the past twenty years...

    This trip, I saw the Vietnam Women's Memorial for the first time - a very dramatic and moving sculpture - a powerful tribute in bronze, so richly deserved by those courageous and selfless Servicewomen...

    Fortunato, we will indeed have to hoist a few upon my return to your territory; congratulations again on your recent great news !

    Stay well,
    M.