| WELCOME TO THE HOME OF THE ONSLOW VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL FOUNDATION |
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| The Vietnam War was the longest in our nation's history. Nine million men & women served in the armed forces during the Vietnam years, three million of them in the Vietnam theater. Out of the three million who were sent to Vietnam, over three hundred thousand returned home wounded (seventy five thousand of them permanently disabled) and over fifty eight thousand two hundred died. In 1998 a handful of veterans & supporters in Jacksonville, NC decided it was time to build a proper tribute to those brave heroes, who sacrificed so much for their country. The Onslow Vietnam Veterans Memorial Foundation is a "grassroots", all volunteer organization with the sole purpose of bringing this project to fruition. Over the last ten years the design has changed, but their conviction has remained steadfast. The land has been acquired from Camp LeJeune & the Phase One of the project is nearly complete. The project is nestled in the tall pines of Lejeune Memorial Gardens, near the Beirut Memorial, the 9-11 tribute & the NC Veterans Cemetery (at the corner of Hwy 24 & Montford Point Road). With help from many fundraising projects & supporters (including the city of Jacksonville & Onslow County) nearly a third of the 4.5 million dollar project has been raised. Dedication of the first phase (which includes the walls) was held June 13th, 2009. The Memorial is free & open to the public. We ask that you help spread a heartfelt invitation to visit the project to everyone who served during the Vietnam era or whose lives were effected by it. The final design consists of a reflecting pool/fountain covered by a gazebo and surrounded by nearly 600' of glass wall etched with the names of those that made the ultimate sacrifice. This will be one of only a few Vietnam Memorials in the country to include all 58,229 names. Click HERE to see a model of the completed project. All of us at the Onslow Vietnam Veterans Memorial Foundation would like to express our deepest & most sincere appreciation to Mr. John Sinnett of Smith-Sinnett Architecture in Raleigh. His generosity & tireless efforts are helping to bring this project to fruition. You can read more about him & his company at: www.smithsinnett.com The Foundation meets at 7pm at Brithaven of Jacksonville nursing facility (near the hospital) on the first Tuesday of each month. Anyone interested in helping with this worthy project is invited to attend a meeting & get involved. |
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| Your support is needed & greatly appreciated. Please send your tax-deductable contribution to: ONSLOW VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL FOUNDATION PO Box 7325 Jacksonville, NC 28540 |
| Contact: vietvetmemorial@yahoo.com |
| Never Forget! |
| **USEFUL LINKS** --Our next annual Motorcycle Run is coming 9/25/10 HERE. --Find out how YOU can help fund this worthy project through sponsorship programs & other Fundraisers HERE. --Get more information on the construction of Phase I HERE. --Get information & pictures of the June 13th dedication HERE. --See what mementos have been being left at the wall HERE. --Visit our MySpace page HERE. |
| OFFICE MEMBER CONTACT INFORMATION President Mr Mike Rooney 910 938 3515 Vice President Mr Donald Odum 910 545 6579 Secretary Ms Pat Walker 910 346 1065 Treasurer Ms Linda Odum 910 545 0953 Board member Mr Kenji (Kat) Horn 910 389 0004 |
| If you need information on accomodations, just click the map link above. Once on the Google map page, type "hotels" in the map search bar & click "SEARCH MAPS". It will give a list & their locations. |
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| The next meeting of the Onslow Vietnam Memorial Foundation will be on Tuesday (2/02/10) at 7pm in Britthaven of Jacksonville (near the Hospital) |