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...Viet Nam veteran, I think the winning entry for the Viet Nam memorial is a loser. The proposed monument may satisfy the needs of the Washington Mall but it fails to impart what the war meant to those who fought it. In 1968 newsmagazines printed a photo of a U.S. army tank carrying soldiers wounded in Hue during the Tet offensive. That picture says more about the pain and sacrifice Americans suffered than the proposed "hole in the ground...
...eloquently simple design for Washington's Mall draws fire...
Designated for a site on two acres of gently rolling park land on Washington's Mall, the monument will consist of two black granite walls that meet in a V and recede into the ground. One critic, Viet Nam Veteran Tom Carhart, calls it "a black gash of shame." The National Review labels it "Orwellian glop...
None of the runners-up, however sincerely conceived, deserves a place near the Lincoln Memorial. While there is nothing sacred about the Mall, the majesty of this green carpet demands digni fied simplicity, if not nobility, of any newcomer. Lin's design meets that demand...
Like Paltrowitz, most Danburyites are of two minds about the shopping center. Says Mayor James E. Dyer, 35: "As a citizen, I don't like it. But as mayor, I believe the mall offers some tremendous economic gains for Danbury...