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A brother's Vietnam memorial
A brother's Vietnam memorial
(EXCERPT) By Joe Garner, Rocky Mountain News November 8, 2003 FRUITA - Is the helicopter landing? Or taking off? The nose of the Huey helicopter is down, suspended in time as the centerpiece of the new Western Slope Vietnam War Memorial. The workhorse aircraft of that divisive war has been positioned so it could be coming in or lifting away. "In my mind, it's already rescued and it's taking off," said Jim Doody, 49, who first conceived of the memorial as a tribute to his brother, Tom Doody, killed at age 22 flying a Huey on a combat mission in 1971. The memorial also is a tribute to the friendship Tom Doody shared with his Grand Junction flying buddy, Marshall Davis. Davis served in Vietnam as a grunt on the ground only to die in a civilian helicopter crash in 1986 at age 37. "The memorial is uplifting to me," Jim Doody said. "It's embracing." Still, visitors to the monument wonder about the chopper. If it could roar free from its static display, is it arriving or leaving? As the unpopular war recedes into history, is this a greeting or a farewell? A beginning or an end? Some Vietnam veterans in western Colorado see it as a sign they have been welcomed back, finally. T... U.S. and friendly nation laws prohibit fully reproducing copyrighted material. In abidance with our laws this report cannot be provided in its entirety. However, you can read it in full today, 08 Nov 2003, at the following URL. (COMBINE the following lines into your web browser.) The subject/content of this report is not necessarily the viewpoint of the distributing Library. This report is provided for your information and discussion. http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drm...412559,00.html --------------------------- Otis Willie Associate Librarian The American War Library http://www.americanwarlibrary.com |
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