Wesley S. Anderson
VFW Post 51 Chaplain
A short distance from The Wall stand three women, who are they, we may never know but they are there tending their charge and overlooking The Wall. Who were they? They were called Mother, Daughter, Wife, Girlfriend when the wounded and dying called out. “These women were the last people those guys saw or talked to before they died.” For theirs was a duty that that touched the lives of all who came in contact with them. Giving comfort to all and asking for nothing in return. What were their names, we do not know their names, we never asked. They were the Nurses, the Female Corpsmen and Medics who Volunteered to be there. They do not look at The Wall they are looking after their charge doing their best to ensure his name does not go on that black granite Infront of them. These women were the youngest group of medical personnel ever to serve in war time. They did not have to come but they did. They endured the same hazards we all endured. Eight of them are forever enshrined on that Black Granite Wall in front of them. But these three will forever stand in mute testament to all those that chose to be there, and for that we shall always be grateful.