According to the book description of The
Faces Behind the Names, “This is a book of remembrance and tribute. It contains the biographies, family
comments, ‘last letters home,’ and photos of over 400 Minnesota men who were killed in the Vietnam War between
1962 and 1973. It has been many years since the United States withdrew their armed forces from Vietnam, but that should not
serve to temper our concern and remembrance of those who served and those who died.
The stories will put faces to the names of these
men who gave the ultimate sacrifice while serving, and will remind us of the horror, tragedy, and grief caused by war. The
human side of these men, will hit close to home, for in each of them, is a part of us. Their hopes and dreams will never be
and that is something we cannot change, but by understanding the impact of these losses and the intense grief that is forever
with the surviving family members and friends, we can all begin to share the pain of these tragedies.
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The emotions that will be stirred when reading
about these men, will change you. Hopefully, it will bring more humanity to your attitudes and make you more sensitive to
all human losses, regardless of who, how, or where. This book is intended to bring tears, and it will bring tears. There are
over 58,000 names etched upon the Vietnam Memorial in Washington, D.C. There are many stories that still need to be told and
recorded for history. It is the goal of the Memorial Press, to seek out and tell these stories, as well as the many untold
stories from the surviving Vietnam Veterans. Remembrance and tribute to all veterans should never cease.”
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