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Note: Page numbers in italics refer to illustrations. 82nd Airborne Division, 190 Abrams, Elliott, 45 Acai, Steve, 233 Accuracy in Media (AIM), 221–22 ACTION, 208–10, 212–13, 488nn. 42–43 Adams, Eddie, 333 Adams, Lily, 161, 291–92 Adams, Roy, 123, 211 Ad Hoc Committee for July 2 Emergency Mobilization, 194 African American: combat troops, 490n. 83; veterans, 190–91, 282, 456n. 135, 493n. 153; in Vietnam Veterans Memorial statue, 269 After the Firefight, 287, 288 Agent Orange, 214, 378, 425–26 Agent Orange Victims International, 182 Air Force, 297 Albany, New York, Vietnam Veterans Memorial, 277, 279, 283 Albright, Madeleine, 416 alcohol use, 69 alienation, 18 Allen, Tom, 371 Americal Division, 50–52, 61, 450n. 17 American Battle Monuments Commission, 425 American Friends of Vietnam, 311 American Gold Star Mothers, 152, 318 American Indians, 152, 270 American Institute of Architects, 133 American Lake PTSD Treatment Center, 404 American Legion, 69, 167, 310, 321, 466n. 38, 471n. 152; and William Calley, 60; and postwar Vietnam, 414; and Ronald Reagan, 46; and Vietnam Veterans Memorial, 106, 108, 122, 126, 129, 130, 133; and Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, 100, 117–18; and Vietnam Women’s Memorial, 304; and James Watt, 132–33, 170, 188 American Psychiatric Association, 57–58, 70, 400 American Red Cross, 277, 279, 341, 344 American Soldiers Monument, 87, 87–88 amnesty, 8, 449n. 2; and 1972 campaign, 443n. 82; attitude toward, 33, 35–36, 444n. 107 AMVETS, 47, 170, 174; and antiwar demonstrations , 194, 477n. 2; and Vietnam Veterans Memorial, 108, 173, 471n. 152; and James Watt, 167, 170 And Babies?, 326 Anderson, Terry, 369 Andreotta, Glenn, 418 Andrews, Jackson, 216 Angel Fire, NM, 1–2. see also Vietnam Veterans Memorial Chapel Annapolis (U.S. Naval Academy), 85, 138, 177, 419 antiwar: attitudes of public, 7–8; memorials, 436n. 23; posters, 326–27, 326–30, 334; statements, 471n. 143 531 index 532 I antiwar movement, 25, 77. see also Vietnam Veterans Against the War; attitude toward, 27, 89; and children, 326–27; and demonstrations , 6, 28, 50; and memorials, 280–81, 319–20; and National Salute to Vietnam Veterans, 150–51; and National Salute to Vietnam Veterans II, 190; and photographs, 332–33; and veterans, 16–17, 449n. 2; and Vietnam Veterans Memorial design, 135; and Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, 403 Apocalypse Now, 67 apology, 405–6, 419 Appy, Christian, 428 Arick, John, 24 Arizona Vietnam Veterans Memorial, 273–75, 274, 283 Arkansas Vietnam Veterans Leadership Program, 222 Arkansas Vietnam Veterans Memorial, 240– 41, 270, 496n. 33 Arlington National Cemetery, 181–83, 291 Arnold, Henry, 96, 128 artifacts. see offerings Art Workers Coalition, 326 A Rumor of War, 90–92 Ashbrook, John, 116–17, 143–45, 408 Asian American veterans, 270 A Team, The, 227, 493n. 150 Atherton, Charles, 96 atrocities, 56, 450nn. 17–29, 521n. 30. see also My Lai; attitude toward, 75; and children, 310; in earlier wars, 509n. 54; and guilt, 76; investigation of, 53; and Iraq, 428–29, 528n. 164; and Platoon, 229–30; resistance to, 419; response to, 339; silence about, 19–20, 403; and Viet Cong, 252; and Vietnam Veterans Against the War, 63 attitudes. see also opinion polls: of combat troops, 86; toward government, 25; toward Vietnam veterans, 65–67, 74–75; toward war, 13–14, 20, 212–14, 217, 230; of veterans, 31 Auburn, CA, 6–7, 272, 280–81 audit: of Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, 130, 177–80, 225 Aultman Hospital, 293–94 authenticity: of memorials, 242–43, 269, 273, 284 Babbitt, Bruce, 248 Baca, Edward, 264 Bailey, Dan, 316–17 Bailey, Don, 89, 133, 135, 167, 224 Baines, John, 177, 211, 236, 283, 480nn. 64–65 Baker, David, 236 Baker, James, III, 43, 113, 186–87, 447n. 165 Baldwin, Hanson, 33 Ball, George, 24 Baltimore, MD, 236, 238 Baltimore Vietnam Veterans Leadership Program, 224 Barry, Eileen, 283, 286, 305 Bartholomew, Sam, 210–11 Behan, John, 161 Berkshire County Vietnam Veterans Memorial, 272, 359 Berning, Bobby, 265 Berrigan, Daniel, 24 betrayal, 24–25, 27, 30 biblical quotations, 260 Biden, Joseph, 280 Big Pine II, 185, 186 Big Pine III, 247–48 bi-racial memorials, 282 Black, Bill, 253, 256–57 black granite, 236, 239 black veterans. see African American Blackwell, Morton C., 102, 117–18, 172, 462– 63n. 120; and Thomas Pauken, 204–5; and Vietnam Veterans Memorial, 115–16, 163 Blank, Arthur, 71–73 Blassie, Michael, 182 Blinded Veterans Association, 225 Bloom, Mark, 150 Boalsburg, PA, 387 Bodnar, John, 137–38, 156 body count, 370 Boland...

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