Two of my cousins were in the Vietnam War and my Aunt Bette started an organization called "Mothers of La Mirada Servicemen". This memorial was built as a result of this organization. The flag and eternal flame are beautiful.
She also had this flagpole put up on the street in La Mirada. For years she would drive up every morning to raise the flag, then go every night to take it down. Then the city made a permanent memorial with a light so she doesn't have to put the flag up and down. She is 86 years old and still very active in the city of La Mirada, California where she has lived since 1956.
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