Guests. [applause] Nonfiction Author or what you would like to see featured on booktv . Send us an email at booktv cspan. Org. Tweet us at booktv or post on our wall facebook. Com booktv. Robert doubek, cofounder of the Vietnam Memorial fund provides an inside account of the creation of the Vietnam Veterans memorial which was completed in 1982 after a much debated Design Competition. [inaudible conversations] good afternoon, thank you for coming out this afternoon. I am one of the coowners of politics and prose. I wasnt expecting that. I did not arrange that. Kerri kind. My husband and co owner is not here, he wishes he could be. The rest of the staff we are delighted to have you here for this event and for such a fascinating book and topic. I want to make a couple quick housekeeping announcements, the first of which is if you happen to have a device of any sort that might make noise in the next hour we would be grateful if you could turn it off or silence it or get it to a point where
National captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] [cap good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Im jim knotts, the president and c. E. O. Of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund and ill be our master of ceremonies for today. It is my pleasure to be the to welcome you to the ceremony atans day the wall. Before we begin, i would like to recognize all of the gold star have with uss we here today. Wives,hers, fathers, siblings, spouses, nieces, andews, and the sons daughters. All those who have experienced knowoss of a loved one and all too well the sacrifices that our military families make. And finally, to those still theirg for the return of loved ones, who are listed as missing. Thank you for joining us. [applause] id also like to take a moment the wall volunteers. Theyre the folks you see in the jackets. And the staff of the vietnam for all Memorial Fund they do year around to honor veterans and preserve the memorial. They truly pu
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