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	<title>Friends of the Vietnam Veterans Plaza</title>
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		<title>The Vietnam War</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Vietnam War stemmed from America’s efforts to contain the spread of communism in Southeast Asia.  By 1954, the end of French colonial rule left Vietnam divided into a communist North and pro-West South.  For the next several years, the United States supported South Vietnam with military advisors and then, by the mid-1960s, with ground [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.vietnamveteransplaza.com/2010/05/the-vietnam-war/</link>
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		<title>Walk of Honor Names (Abbate through Brandes)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[U.S military personnel from New York City who died as a result of their service in Vietnam, 1957 through 1975, including Missing In Action, Prisoners of War, and those Killed In Action.  Listed alphabetically by name, as of November 1997: ABBATE, ROSARIO RUSSEL ABDULLAH, GHALIB AHMED ABREU-BATISTA, MIGUEL A JR. ABRUZESE, ANTHONY JOSEPH ACEVEDO, HECTOR [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Friends of the Vietnam Veterans Plaza presents Arnold Fisher with 2009 Honoree of the Year Award</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Friends of the Vietnam Veterans Plaza are pleased to introduce Mr. Arnold L. Fisher as our 2009 Honoree of the Year.   As a member of one of America&#8217;s philanthropic and patriotic families who direct more of their charitable work to the men and woman of the United States Military, Mr. Fisher has overseen numerous [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.vietnamveteransplaza.com/2010/05/2009hoy/</link>
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		<title>The Phelps Award</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Phelps Award was designed by artist John Phelps, a Navy veteran who served during the Vietnam War.  In 2003, John Phelps began working with the Friends of the Vietnam Veterans Plaza on this award, resulting in the creation of a scuplted replica of a Vietnam era battle helmet.   The battle helmet is mounted on a handcrafted, green glass-block, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.vietnamveteransplaza.com/2010/05/the-phelps-award/</link>
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		<title>NYC Police Commissioner Ray Kelly selected as the 2010 FVVP Honoree of the Year</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It has been the tradition of the Friends of the Vietnam Veterans Plaza to recognize New Yorkers who, through their positive actions, contribute to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Plaza and honor Vietnam veterans and the veterans’ community in general. No one epitomizes this more than Ray Kelly. The son of working class parents, born, raised [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.vietnamveteransplaza.com/2010/05/sample-news-and-events-post/</link>
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		<title>Walk of Honor Names (Branes through Coleman,L)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[U.S military personnel from New York City who died as a result of their service in Vietnam, 1957 through 1975, including Missing In Action, Prisoners of War, and those Killed In Action.  Listed alphabetically by name, as of November 1997: BRANES, EDUARDO PAUL BRASILE, TERRENCE CARMINE BRASWELL, JAMES PORTER JR. BRATHWAITE, ROGER CLAYTON BRAVIN, JOSEPH [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.vietnamveteransplaza.com/2010/05/walk-of-honor-names-br-co/</link>
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		<title>Sp/4 John R. (“Rob”) Riggan</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sp/4 John R. (“Rob”) Riggan was assigned to Company D, 1st Medical Battalion, 1st Infantry Division, based at Lai Khe, from September 1968-September 1969. He is the author of Free Fire Zone (W. W. Norton &#38; Company, 1984) and is currently working on two new manuscripts. He and his wife live in Rowe, Massachusetts.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.vietnamveteransplaza.com/2010/05/sp4-john-r-%e2%80%9crob%e2%80%9d-riggan/</link>
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		<title>Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. A gifted orator, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was a leader in the fight for civil rights who rose to prominence during the 1960s. He was slain in 1968.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.vietnamveteransplaza.com/2010/05/rev-martin-luther-king-jr/</link>
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		<title>Sgt. Raymond Wahl</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sgt. Raymond Wahl served as a radio teletype operator at Chu Lai for Headquarters Battery, Americal Division Artillery, from March 1968-April 1969. He was vice president of an insurance company and living in Glendale, New York, at the time of the Memorial dedication in 1985.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.vietnamveteransplaza.com/2010/05/sgt-raymond-wahl/</link>
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		<title>2Lt Marion Lee</title>
		<description><![CDATA[2Lt Marion Lee (“Sandy”) Kempner, born in 1942 in Galveston, Texas, was a platoon leader with Company M, 3rd Battalion, 7th Regiment, 1st Marine Division, operating in I Corps. He arrived in Vietnam in July 1966. Four months later, on 11 November, Sandy Kempner was killed by shrapnel from a mine explosion near Tien Phu. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.vietnamveteransplaza.com/2010/05/2lt-marion-lee/</link>
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