3 Niobrara brothers' names may soon be on the Wall at Vietnam Veterans Memorial

[Omaha Steve]

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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
A visitor is reflected in the Wall at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.


POSTED: TUESDAY, JULY 15, 2014 1:00 AM
The Los Angeles Times

WASHINGTON — The ship’s bow sank in a few minutes.

The battle to add its deceased crew members’ names to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial has lasted more than a decade.

But it could soon be coming to an end. A House-approved bill could clear the way for the names of 74 sailors to be added to the memorial more than four decades after their Long Beach, Calif.-based ship was cut in half in a collision with an aircraft carrier in the South China Sea.

The legislation is among a spate of measures in Congress aimed at healing lingering wounds from the Vietnam War era.
In this case, family members of sailors who died aboard the Navy destroyer Frank E. Evans on June 3, 1969, call it painful to visit the black granite wall and not see the names of their loved ones on it.

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