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USAToday reports that The National Archives and Records Administration and Footnote.com have teamed up and launched an online, searchable version of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
"We know that there are many untold experiences represented on that Wall, and we hope that this interactive version of the memorial helps those affected by the war by sharing their stories," said Footnote.com CEO Russell Wilding, on the National Archives and Records Administration Web site.
Essentially an enormous, five-gigapixel image of the Vietnam Memorial built using over 6,000 photographs, the site is completely searchable by name, date of birth, date of death -- even rank, grade and specialty. Users can over each of the 58,320 names and add stories, tributes and photographs after registering with the site.
We checked it out and unfortunately the site is running a little slow -- due, no doubt, to an influx of traffic -- but we hope it'll speed up soon once the initial interest slows down.
From USAToday
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"We know that there are many untold experiences represented on that Wall, and we hope that this interactive version of the memorial helps those affected by the war by sharing their stories," said Footnote.com CEO Russell Wilding, on the National Archives and Records Administration Web site.
Essentially an enormous, five-gigapixel image of the Vietnam Memorial built using over 6,000 photographs, the site is completely searchable by name, date of birth, date of death -- even rank, grade and specialty. Users can over each of the 58,320 names and add stories, tributes and photographs after registering with the site.
We checked it out and unfortunately the site is running a little slow -- due, no doubt, to an influx of traffic -- but we hope it'll speed up soon once the initial interest slows down.
From USAToday
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Subscribe to commentsRichard W.FraleyMar 27th 2008 10:47PM
I think this is great idea as so many will never see the actual wall. I saw the wall for first time in July 2007. It is an experiance I'll never forget. For me to see names of my shipmates that lost their lives in USS Forrestal on 29 July 1967 ensures me, they aren't forgotten.
DottieMar 28th 2008 3:55AM
Is it possible to search by State and/or City?
JimMar 31st 2008 9:27AM
Web sites similar to the one described above have been operating for several years.
The web site named The Virtual Wall (TM) at www.VirtualWall.org. The Virtual Wall has published thousands of personal tributes, photographs, and letters honoring the fallen.
Thousands of relatives and buddies have been able to contact each other by posting their email address or using the anonymous email forwarding of The Virtual Wall.
In 2001 The Virtual Wall partnered to take high-resolution photographs of the Wall, which can be browsed and zoomed at
www.ViewTheWall.com
Clicking on a name displays the database information for that person.
The Virtual Wall has operated for more than 11 years without accepting donations, fees, or advertising in order to honor the fallen.