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‘The Wall That Heals’

"The Wall That Heals," a portable three-quarter scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial found in Washington D.C., is on display at Glacier High School in Kalispell from Thursday, June 22 through Sunday, June 25, 2023. Inscribed on the wall's 375 foot length are the names of the 58, 281 service members who perished in or remain missing from the Vietnam War. The trailer used to transport the replica wall is converted into an education center onsite to provide visitors with knowledge of the memorial and the history of the war. Hunter D'Antuono | Flathead Beacon

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Members of the public visit “The Wall That Heals,” a portable, three-quarter scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on display at Glacier High School in Kalispell on June 22, 2023. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
Veterans and members of the public visit “The Wall That Heals,” a portable, three-quarter scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on display at Glacier High School in Kalispell on June 22, 2023. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
A massive U.S. flag hangs over the “The Wall That Heals,” a portable, three-quarter scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on display at Glacier High School in Kalispell on June 22, 2023. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
Visitors of the “The Wall That Heals,” a portable, three-quarter scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, record the names of servicemembers off the wall with pencil and paper at Glacier High School in Kalispell on June 22, 2023. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
Veterans and members of the public visit “The Wall That Heals,” a portable, three-quarter scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on display at Glacier High School in Kalispell on June 22, 2023. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
Veterans and members of the public visit “The Wall That Heals,” a portable, three-quarter scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on display at Glacier High School in Kalispell on June 22, 2023. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
Carla Underwood of Bigfork records the name of Tim L. Walters with pencil and paper off the “The Wall That Heals,” a portable, three-quarter scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on display at Glacier High School in Kalispell on June 22, 2023. Walters was missing in action for 10 years and served with her husband Chuck. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
Marine veteran Mike Rippe shows a tattoo on his forearm with a Purple Heart and the names of two members of his squad who appear on “The Wall That Heals,” a portable, three-quarter scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on display at Glacier High School in Kalispell on June 22, 2023. Rippe was shot in Vietnam and his squad members were killed in an ambush several months later. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
Connie Rippe, wife of Marine veteran Mike Rippe, places her hand on “The Wall That Heals,” a portable, three-quarter scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on display at Glacier High School in Kalispell on June 22, 2023. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
Veterans and members of the public visit “The Wall That Heals,” a portable, three-quarter scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on display at Glacier High School in Kalispell on June 22, 2023. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
David Cox uses paper and pencil to record names off “The Wall That Heals,” a portable, three-quarter scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on display at Glacier High School in Kalispell on June 22, 2023. Cox, a Marine, collected the names on the wall of men from the 1967 Montana Platoon, including the name of a friend from boot camp. Cox missed a plane scheduled to take him from Okinawa to Da Nang. That plane was hit by another plane as it refueled, killing everyone onboard. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
Veterans and members of the public visit “The Wall That Heals,” a portable, three-quarter scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on display at Glacier High School in Kalispell on June 22, 2023. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
Names on a section of a panel of “The Wall That Heals,” a portable, three-quarter scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on display at Glacier High School in Kalispell on June 22, 2023. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
Veterans and members of the public visit “The Wall That Heals,” a portable, three-quarter scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on display at Glacier High School in Kalispell on June 22, 2023. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
Veterans and members of the public visit “The Wall That Heals,” a portable, three-quarter scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on display at Glacier High School in Kalispell on June 22, 2023. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
Veterans and members of the public visit “The Wall That Heals,” a portable, three-quarter scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on display at Glacier High School in Kalispell on June 22, 2023. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon

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