CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) – The oldest Vietnam memorial in the U.S. honored the lives of eight University of Virginia students who made the ultimate sacrifice during the Vietnam War.
The Dogwood Memorial ceremony in Charlottesville highlighted the lives of all eight men before and during their service. Organizers said events like these remind the public about the cost of freedom.
“These people made the ultimate sacrifice. The real heroes are not the guys that came home that, you know, shot up a machine gun nest or all that kind of stuff. The real heroes are the guys who gave their life and sacrificed their future for us,” Retired U.S. Marine Corps Col. James O’Kelley said…