The Moving Wall pays tribute to the 58,000 Americans killed in Vietnam.
Brittany Fernandez sings the national anthem while John Rowan, national president of Vietnam Veterans of America, left, salutes, along with Eagle Scouts Patrick McDougall and Zack Morrissey of Troop 427 in Middle Village. Patrick and Zack had led the crowd earlier in the Pledge of Allegiance.
Members of Catholic War Veterans St. Margaret Post 1172 in Middle Village salute those who would never come home.
Gold Star Mother Catherine Mack of New York City lost her son in Vietnam in 1968 when he was 18.
The Moving Wall pays tribute to the 58,000 Americans killed in Vietnam.
Bob Boselle of Vietnam Veterans of America and NYPD Officer Paul Thompson play “Taps.”
Members of Queens Chapter 32 of Vietnam Veterans of America lay a wreath in tribute to their fallen brethren.
Chapter 32 of Vietnam Veterans of America presents the colors.
Former Forest Hills resident Pat Toro Jr. implored his fellow veterans to help each other, and to give the new generation of soldiers coming back from Iraq and Afghanistan the welcome and assistance denied his generation.
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