While the soldiers were stationed in Vietnam all they had was each other. In the beginning of her letter to her son Eleanor Wimbish writes, "I used to wonder how scared and home sick you must have been in that strange country called Vietnam. And if how it might have changed you" here she questions if her son was among any friends in a country where the Americans where the enemies. The key part of …showed first 75 words of 682 total…

…showed last 75 words of 682 total…the name, eyes closed as if they are in a different world; a world with their loved one still alive. The granite is cold and dark, but to a loved one the touch is warm and filled with memories. To the veterans of the Vietnam war, the names on the wall, brings back memories of the war and the suffering they battled while they were in Vietnam; the names on the wall are their brothers.