Scoop contributed by SO
It is about time someone stood up for our fallen troops; our own government makes little to no attempt to do do so.
The memorial wall was built in the city of Marseilles, Illinois to honor the fallen heroes in various conflicts and eventually including the Middle East conflicts.
The project was conceived by Jerry Kuczera and Tony Cutrano and built with donated material and labor and is the first of its kind, in the History of the United States, to give honor to our fallen by name while a conflict is ongoing. It took 20 years to Honor our Vietnam Veterans. Almost 60 years to Honor our World War II Veterans. The names on the wall represent our fallen heroes from such diverse locations as Panama, Lebanon, the Balkans, Grenada, Somalia, Haiti, USS Cole, USS Stark, Terrorist attacks in Italy, Greece, Scotland, and the current conflicts in the Middle East.
It is very gratifying to see that these fallen heroes have not been forgotten by some very grateful people in the USA.
The video on Youtube is well worth watching.
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