Indiana Nursing Quarterly

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VietnamWomen’s M emorial
■ Like the war it c ommemorates, twoblackgranite walls, whichlist the names
the Vietnam Veterans of morethan 58,000 people who werekilled
Memorial in Washington, in the war or classiﬁed as missing in action.
D.C., has been thefocus of The wallwas designed by Maya Lin, a
ongoing controversy since its young architect w hose design was s elected
dedication in 1982. from among 1,400 entries in anational
The longest-running competition. The design was meant as a
controversy:whether symbol of healing,but some
the memorial appropriately veterans havecalled it ugly
honors the 11,000 American and inappropriate.
Vietnam service m edalmilitarywomen — about “Somecalled it a big black
90 percent of themnurses —who scar,ablackgashofshame,aholeinthe
werestationed in Vietnam during ground,” wrote Diane CarlsonEvans,who
the war. servedinthe Arm yNurse Corps during the
The original war and nowchairs the Vietnam Women’s
portion Memorial Foundation.
of the As acompromise,the National Par k
memorial Service commissioned abronze statue called
consists of The Three Soldiers. The statue wasplaced
TheVietnamWomen’sMemorial was added to theVietnamVeterans
Memorial complex inWashington,D .C.,in 1993.Photos: LyleTurner
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