Stories of Service: Major Charity Adams
Early Life Charity Adams was born on December 5, 1918 in Kittrell, North Carolina. She grew up in Columbia, South Carolina until moving to Ohio to continue her education at…
Vietnam War Memorial
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The Vietnam War Memorial is one of two cylindrical limestone and granite sculptures created by Indianapolis architect Patrick Brunner.
The other sculpture honors veterans of the Korean War. The Vietnam cylinder was designed to be slightly larger, reflecting the greater size, duration and number of casualties of that war.
The convex side of the memorial, which faces the street, includes excerpts from letters written by Indiana soldiers to their loved ones at home.
On the concave side of the memorial are the names of the 1,525 Hoosiers killed or missing in action in Vietnam.
Individual names are placed on the stone in chronological order, based on date the service member perished or became classified as missing in action.
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