A Diamond on The Wall
At the official website for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall ( the following description is given regarding the symbols that either precede or follow each of the 58,272 names that are indelibly etched into The Wall:
�WHAT ARE THE SYMBOLS BY THE NAMES?
The diamonds and pluses (crosses) indicate whether a person is confirmed dead (those who died in accidents are included) or missing/whereabouts unknown. The diamond indicates a person's death was confirmed. The pluses (crosses) indicate that a person remains missing and unaccounted for and in no way are meant to be a religious symbol. A plus (cross) symbol can be easily turned into a diamond if a person is declared dead (such as the return of their remains). A circle (as a symbol of life) will be inscribed around the plus if the person comes back alive. As of this time, no circle appears on the wall. On the West wall the symbols precede the names, while on the East wall they follow the names.�
This is the story of how three American Green Berets (of which Larry was one), along with three ARVN (Army of the Republic of Vietnam) counterparts, and one hundred sixty Montagnard Strikers, succeeded in accomplishing what a Battalion of the 4th Division could not do - and in the process, insured that A Diamond on The Wall preceded the name of one fallen American Warrior (through the recovery of his remains), and how that recovery mission still impacts his life today.
Significant to the story is the fact that at the time of Larry's tour of duty in Vietnam (1967-1968), he was the youngest Green Beret in country - who just happened to be stationed at the most remote U.S. outpost in all of Southeast Asia.
Finally, in adding to an already dramatic, moving, often hilarious, and deeply poignant account of an amazing seventeen month tour of duty, Larry reveals, in regard to a particular 30-day mission, that, "Although the events that transpired during those thirty days have impacted every day of my life since, according to the official records of the U.S. Army, the events never took place, and I was never there!"
This memoir, therefore, reveals long repressed memories in a very notable and impacting way.
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�WHAT ARE THE SYMBOLS BY THE NAMES?
The diamonds and pluses (crosses) indicate whether a person is confirmed dead (those who died in accidents are included) or missing/whereabouts unknown. The diamond indicates a person's death was confirmed. The pluses (crosses) indicate that a person remains missing and unaccounted for and in no way are meant to be a religious symbol. A plus (cross) symbol can be easily turned into a diamond if a person is declared dead (such as the return of their remains). A circle (as a symbol of life) will be inscribed around the plus if the person comes back alive. As of this time, no circle appears on the wall. On the West wall the symbols precede the names, while on the East wall they follow the names.�
This is the story of how three American Green Berets (of which Larry was one), along with three ARVN (Army of the Republic of Vietnam) counterparts, and one hundred sixty Montagnard Strikers, succeeded in accomplishing what a Battalion of the 4th Division could not do - and in the process, insured that A Diamond on The Wall preceded the name of one fallen American Warrior (through the recovery of his remains), and how that recovery mission still impacts his life today.
Significant to the story is the fact that at the time of Larry's tour of duty in Vietnam (1967-1968), he was the youngest Green Beret in country - who just happened to be stationed at the most remote U.S. outpost in all of Southeast Asia.
Finally, in adding to an already dramatic, moving, often hilarious, and deeply poignant account of an amazing seventeen month tour of duty, Larry reveals, in regard to a particular 30-day mission, that, "Although the events that transpired during those thirty days have impacted every day of my life since, according to the official records of the U.S. Army, the events never took place, and I was never there!"
This memoir, therefore, reveals long repressed memories in a very notable and impacting way.
A Diamond on The Wall
At the official website for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall ( the following description is given regarding the symbols that either precede or follow each of the 58,272 names that are indelibly etched into The Wall:
�WHAT ARE THE SYMBOLS BY THE NAMES?
The diamonds and pluses (crosses) indicate whether a person is confirmed dead (those who died in accidents are included) or missing/whereabouts unknown. The diamond indicates a person's death was confirmed. The pluses (crosses) indicate that a person remains missing and unaccounted for and in no way are meant to be a religious symbol. A plus (cross) symbol can be easily turned into a diamond if a person is declared dead (such as the return of their remains). A circle (as a symbol of life) will be inscribed around the plus if the person comes back alive. As of this time, no circle appears on the wall. On the West wall the symbols precede the names, while on the East wall they follow the names.�
This is the story of how three American Green Berets (of which Larry was one), along with three ARVN (Army of the Republic of Vietnam) counterparts, and one hundred sixty Montagnard Strikers, succeeded in accomplishing what a Battalion of the 4th Division could not do - and in the process, insured that A Diamond on The Wall preceded the name of one fallen American Warrior (through the recovery of his remains), and how that recovery mission still impacts his life today.
Significant to the story is the fact that at the time of Larry's tour of duty in Vietnam (1967-1968), he was the youngest Green Beret in country - who just happened to be stationed at the most remote U.S. outpost in all of Southeast Asia.
Finally, in adding to an already dramatic, moving, often hilarious, and deeply poignant account of an amazing seventeen month tour of duty, Larry reveals, in regard to a particular 30-day mission, that, "Although the events that transpired during those thirty days have impacted every day of my life since, according to the official records of the U.S. Army, the events never took place, and I was never there!"
This memoir, therefore, reveals long repressed memories in a very notable and impacting way.
�WHAT ARE THE SYMBOLS BY THE NAMES?
The diamonds and pluses (crosses) indicate whether a person is confirmed dead (those who died in accidents are included) or missing/whereabouts unknown. The diamond indicates a person's death was confirmed. The pluses (crosses) indicate that a person remains missing and unaccounted for and in no way are meant to be a religious symbol. A plus (cross) symbol can be easily turned into a diamond if a person is declared dead (such as the return of their remains). A circle (as a symbol of life) will be inscribed around the plus if the person comes back alive. As of this time, no circle appears on the wall. On the West wall the symbols precede the names, while on the East wall they follow the names.�
This is the story of how three American Green Berets (of which Larry was one), along with three ARVN (Army of the Republic of Vietnam) counterparts, and one hundred sixty Montagnard Strikers, succeeded in accomplishing what a Battalion of the 4th Division could not do - and in the process, insured that A Diamond on The Wall preceded the name of one fallen American Warrior (through the recovery of his remains), and how that recovery mission still impacts his life today.
Significant to the story is the fact that at the time of Larry's tour of duty in Vietnam (1967-1968), he was the youngest Green Beret in country - who just happened to be stationed at the most remote U.S. outpost in all of Southeast Asia.
Finally, in adding to an already dramatic, moving, often hilarious, and deeply poignant account of an amazing seventeen month tour of duty, Larry reveals, in regard to a particular 30-day mission, that, "Although the events that transpired during those thirty days have impacted every day of my life since, according to the official records of the U.S. Army, the events never took place, and I was never there!"
This memoir, therefore, reveals long repressed memories in a very notable and impacting way.
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| BN ID: | 2940014098571 |
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| Publisher: | Lawrence T. (Larry) Vosen |
| Publication date: | 02/03/2012 |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| Pages: | 144 |
| File size: | 4 MB |
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