National D-Day Memorial, Bedford, VA
There’s a scene in “Saving Private Ryan” that absolutely wrecks me every time I watch the film. And I couldn’t keep that scene out of my head the day I visited this place.
There’s a scene in “Saving Private Ryan” that absolutely wrecks me every time I watch the film. And I couldn’t keep that scene out of my head the day I visited this place.
Fifty years on from its end, many of the wounds from the Vietnam War have finally started to heal. Perhaps surprisingly, given its early controversy, the memorial wall has helped that healing process along.