As we found the corner, this is where we store the Vietnam collection. 這個角落就是我們儲存越南物品的地方。
There's over 1,400 boxes here. They're all organized by when they were left at the wall. 這里有1400多個箱子。我們按照這些箱子放在紀(jì)念墻的時間進行擺放。
So, it's all in chronological order and we've been collecting since 1982. 所以,這些箱子按照時間順序擺放,我們從1982年開始收集這些供品。
I think there's probably anywhere between 250,000 and 400,000 objects. 我認(rèn)為供品大概有25萬到40萬件。
This was actually a flag that was given to John George Sparks. He was a prisoner of war for five years in Vietnam. 這是約翰·喬治·斯巴克斯的標(biāo)志。他在越南做了五年的戰(zhàn)俘。
So, you can see here there's a cross and there's a little ribbon that kinds of holds the cross the place. 所以,你可以看到這里有個十字架,有條絲帶支撐著十字架。
It describes that this cross is made out of the toothpaste tube that — well, a toothpaste tube that he used in Vietnam, 這個十字架是用他在越南使用過的牙膏管制成的,
and the tie here comes from his POW uniform. 這條帶子是從他的戰(zhàn)俘制服上撕下來的。
This was a letter that was left by possibly a wife of a POW. 這是一封戰(zhàn)俘的妻子留下的信。
In two days, it will be 50 years since he became missing in action. 兩天以后,他在行動中失蹤就滿50年了。
All these years, I have loved you and believed that you were alive in a POW camp and would come home to us. 這么多年以來,我一直愛著你,我相信你活在某個戰(zhàn)俘營,你會回家和我們團聚。
But now, I am accepting that you are with the Lord and have been. 但是現(xiàn)在,我要接受你已經(jīng)和上帝在一起的這件事。
I loved you then, Bruce, and I love you now and I always will love you. 我愛你,布魯斯,現(xiàn)在我依然愛著你,我將永遠愛你。
This motorcycle was left at the walls, actually left at the Vietnam Veterans memorial. 有輛摩托車被放在越戰(zhàn)紀(jì)念碑前。
It was left in 1995 for Memorial Day. So, there's a group of veterans who got together. 這是有人在1995年陣亡將士紀(jì)念日那天放在這里的。當(dāng)時,一群退伍老兵來到了這里。
They got together in made this motorcycle in honor of the 37 men from Wisconsin who were MIA or POWs. 他們聚集在這里并留下了這輛摩托車,以紀(jì)念在戰(zhàn)斗中失蹤的37名威斯康星州的士兵或戰(zhàn)俘。
This is a retired plate in Wisconsin. No one else can put this on their motorcycle. 這是威斯康星州一個已經(jīng)不再使用的車牌。其他摩托車上不能使用這個牌照。
It's not to be ridden on until all 37 are accounted for. 在37名老兵都找到以前,這輛摩托車不能騎行。