 Take what they have left and what they have taught you with their dying and keep it with your own and Take one moment to embrace those gentle heroes you left behind The idea for the Vietnam War Memorial was I'm actually born in this garden summer of 2013 when myself And Nick war who's a Charlie one five Marine we're talking about Significance of this memorial garden Nick and I felt that Vietnam veterans should have a memorial in this garden to be remembered For their bravery in their service the manufacturer is rock of ages and they're out of Vermont and Because it would take days to get it across country we went down the east coast and across in Tennessee Arkansas, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and then into San Diego of those of us who worked on it, you know Or we're just shaking their head. This is really happening Because people want to be part of this anything from twenty dollars to two thousand dollars to twenty thousand dollars some individual couple gate fifty thousand dollars so it's been very touching to see that America you might say and the Vietnam veterans community want to see this memorial built You know as I reflect I'm kind of stunned the whole thing happened I mean it started out as an idea and became this major Nationwide event and people from all over the world are coming to see this so You know, we feel pride and well accomplished. I guess you could say