Wreaths were presented, dignitaries spoke and flags were flown. Yet Thursday’s ceremony at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial was all about the veterans — the 58,267 whose names are on the wall, and the comrades who came to honor them.
“This day means everything to me,” said John G. Smith, a U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War. “I can be with my brothers today.”
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