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...gathering to honor those who died in Viet Nam may have opened old wounds [Nov. 22], but it was necessary so that these wounds could finally heal. Far from being painful, the events in Washington elicited tenderness, love and understanding for the veterans and their families. Susan Gillern Baltimore
...people of the U.S. have finally taken their heads from under the eagle's wing and acknowledged that those who fought, died and were wounded in Viet Nam are heroes and not bums. Richard Auten Stratford, Conn...
...black and abstractly unorthodox style of the Viet Nam Veterans Memorial is not a "humiliating antiwar mockery." The architecture challenges the glory associated with war, a misconception often held by those who have never fought in battle. The monument's gloomy nature is consistent with the reality of war. John Geary San Jose, Calif...
...below-ground-level construction of the Viet Nam Veterans Memorial permits those seeking the names of loved ones to enter into the Valley of Death with them, achieving a feeling of communion and identification. The reflected images in the highly polished stone increase the sense of unity with those being remembered. A memorial of any other design could not capture this sensation. Lucile Reade Snohomish, Wash...
...plea for the MX, and indirectly for more defense spending in general, Reagan used electronic graphs that showed-simplistically, and some experts say misleadingly-the red line of Soviet military might darting far beyond the U.S. blue. While the U.S. defense budget (in constant dollars) rose during the Viet Nam War, it dropped sharply to $116 billion in 1976, and has recovered to just $195 billion this year. Soviet defense funding, by contrast, increased steadily from $137 billion in 1962 to $275 billion in 1982. Two decades ago the U.S. had 3,090 strategic missiles and bombers, the U.S.S.R...