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In this issue:

ACCOUNTING FOR THE DEAD: The Wall and Shifting Casualty Classifications Contrary to popular perception, the 58,279 names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., are not strictly a listing of U.S. military personnel killed in action in the Vietnam War. In fact, nearly 11,000 are “non-action” casualties. Arts Editor Marc Leepson explains what that means, how this accounting has changed since The Wall was dedicated in 1982, and the procedure by which names have been retroactively added to the memorial. [On the cover]

ACCOUNTING FOR THE DEAD: The Wall and Shifting Casualty Classification

Commitment, Community, and Redemption through CrochetingAFTER THE BASES CLOSED: Postwar Toxic Landscapes in Vietnam Historian David Biggs examines one of the legacies of the war: millions of acres of Vietnamese terrain contaminated with toxic waste and unexploded ordnance.


Names to the Faces: Pursuing the Last Photos for The WallTHE CARDBOARD WALL AT WALKER STATE: “Service & Commitment to Country Have Not Been Erased” Incarcerated veterans in Rock Springs, Georgia logged 9,000 man-hours to create a painstakingly unique replica of The Wall.


The Other Tet Offensive


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