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>>VIC MICOLUCCI: DANIELLE,
THANK YOU. REMEMBERING THE
NEARLY 5.8 MILLION AMERICANS
WHO SERVED IN THE U.S. ARMED
SERVICES DURING WHAT MANY CALL
AMERICA’S FORGOTTEN WAR. THIS
MURAL WALL AT THE KOREAN WAR
VETERANS MEMORIAL ON
WASHINGTON. DC’S NATIONAL MALL
IS A POWERFUL IMAGE, A LASTING
TRIBUTE TO BOTH THOSE WHO GAVE
THEIR LIVES AND THOSE WHO
SURVIVED. AND AS WE INCH
CLOSER, 2, THE VETERANS DAY
CEREMONIES FOR THE DAY. WE
WANT TO REMIND YOU, WE CAN
NEVER FORGET THOSE WHO FOUGHT
FOR OUR FREEDOMS. JOINING US
THIS MORNING, THE DESIGNER OF
THAT MURAL WHO SPENT 5 YEARS
ON IT. LEWIS NELSON, GOOD
MORNING TO YOU LEARNING. HOW
ARE THIS MORNING? WE’RE DOING
GREAT AND WE’RE SO THANKFUL
FOR ALL OF THE MEN AND WOMEN
WHO PROTECT OUR COUNTRY DAY IN
AND DAY OUT. I’VE JUST GOT TO
TELL YOU YOUR WORK. THERE IS
SPECTACULAR. IT’S SURREAL TO
SEE IT IN PERSON. IT’S ALL
ABOUT HONORING THEM. THOSE WHO
MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE.
>> YOU’RE VERY TIME. THANK YOU
VERY MUCH.
>>VIC MICOLUCCI: SO TELL ME
WHAT IT WHAT IN WHAT WENT INTO
THIS. I MEAN, FIRST OF ALL,
HOW DO YOU EVEN GET
COMMISSIONED?
>> FOR SUCH A HUGE MONUMENT
LIKE THIS, I WAS VERY LUCKY. I
WAS THERE AT THE RIGHT TIME,
THE RIGHT PLACE AND I DID A
LOT OF WORK. AND AND
>> MY MY KIND HELPED OPEN
DOOR. AND BECAUSE I WAS IN THE
SERVICE AS WELL. SO THEY FELT
VERY COMFORTABLE.
>> WORKING WITH ME WITH IS
THAT THE ADVISORY BOARD AND SO
FORTH. I THOUGHT THAT IT
REALLY IS. THE MEMORIAL IS
ABOUT THE SERVICE OF MEN AND
WOMEN. AND SO I WANTED THE
FACES OF ALL THOSE THAT
SERVED.
>> REPRESENTING EVERYBODY WHO
IS ENCOURAGED BETWEEN 1959. TO
53.
>> NOT JUST THOSE THAT DIED,
BUT PRIMARILY THOSE THAT SERVE
WHETHER THEY AND WOMEN. ARMY
NAVY MARINES, AIR FORCE COAST
GUARD, WHETHER THEY WERE COOKS
TRUCK DRIVERS OF
>> TRUCK DRIVERS. LET’S JUST
SAY.
>> EVERYBODY WHO SERVED IN
THOSE KIND OF CAPACITIES ON IN
THE NAVY AS WELL AS ON THE
LAND. SO THERE WE HAVE ABOUT
2500 FACES ON THE WALL. THEY
REPRESENT EVERYBODY WHO WAS
SERVING THERE. SO IT THEIR ALL
ANONYMOUS.
>> YES, ABSOLUTELY. AND IT’S
LASTING LEGACY FOR THEIR LOVED
ONES, THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS,
THEIR FRIENDS. THERE’S FELLOW
SERVICE MEMBERS. TELL ME ABOUT
MAKING THIS WHAT WENT INTO IT?
I MEAN, A FIVE-YEAR PROCESS.
CERTAINLY YOU TOOK YOUR TIME
AND YOU GOT IT RIGHT.
>> WELL, I HAD TERRIFIC CREW
PEOPLE IN WASHINGTON WHO DID
THE RESEARCH FOR I GAVE THEM A
LIST OF WHAT WE WANT. WE WANT
PEOPLE WHO WORK NOT AND NOT
ANGRY BUT AND NOT SMILING AND
SO WHICH IS KIND OF A
RESIDENT. SO THAT THEY WERE
LOOKING STRAIGHT OUT SO THAT
THEY WOULD BE A CONNECTION
BETWEEN THE PEOPLE WHO COME TO
VISIT. AND THEY SEE PEOPLE EYE
TO EYE.
>> NOT ONLY THAT, BUT BASES.
>> WELL, WHEN I LOOKED AT THE
FACES OF ALL OF ALL PEOPLE IN
ALL WARS, WHETHER THEY GO BACK
TO PHOTOGRAPHS, TURN TO. THE
CIVIL WAR OR EVEN A TREE THAT
WAS DRAWN. AND EARLIER WARS,
THE NATURE SERVICE ARE THOSE
OF THE CASES BASICALLY SAME
BETWEEN PEOPLE AND NOSES AND
MOUTHS AND SO FORTH AND THE
THINGS THAT CHANGE ARE YOU SEE
THE THINGS THAT THEY WERE IN
ARE THERE AND THEIR LOVE AND
THEIR HEADS. THE WHICH WAS
GENERAL STILL BASICALLY SAID,
JUST HAVE THEIR FACES WERE
JUST REPRESENT FACES ON THE
THAT SERVED.
>> AND LEWIS, AS A SERVICE
MEMBER YOURSELF AS A VETERAN.
WHAT IS YOUR MESSAGE TO
EVERYONE WHO IS GOING TO PAY
THEIR RESPECTS TODAY? I MEAN,
OBVIOUSLY YOU ARE ABLE TO
LEAVES A LASTING IMPRESSION
FOR GENERATIONS TO COME. WHAT
DO YOU HAVE TO SAY TO
EVERYONE, INCLUDING THOSE THAT
MIGHT NOT KNOW THAT MUCH ABOUT
AMERICAN MILITARY HISTORY?
WELL, THEY HAVE TO DO IS COME
AND VISIT THE MOST IMPORTANT
THING AND THE MEMORIAL AND
PLATES.
>>VIC MICOLUCCI: IS THAT IS
THE PERSON WHO COMES TO VISIT.
IF THERE’S NOBODY, THERE IS NO
MORE. SO WHAT HAPPENS IS IT’S
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE
MEMORIAL AND IT’S NOT ABOUT
THE STOW AND NOT IT’S ABOUT
THE PEOPLE, THE BLOOD THAT
REPRESENTS ALL THE PEOPLE THAT
SERVE. SO IS THAT RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN THE 2 PEOPLE? AND SO
THAT’S WHAT SOME PEOPLE THEY
MAY JUST. LOOK AND SEE. AND
THEY MAY SEE MUCH OF A CHAIN.
BUT THE IMPORTANT THING IS
WHAT HAPPENS IN TIME. THIS THE
MEMORIAL CAN HEAL. IT CAN HELP
CHANGE PEOPLE. AND IT’S I FIND
THAT MANY PEOPLE DO CHANGE.
THEY CHANGED INSTANTANEOUSLY
ALMOST THERE. A LOT OF
VETERANS THAT AT THE TIME WAS
DEDICATED AND THEN OTHER
THINGS. THERE WERE PEOPLE THAT
JUST CHANGED BECAUSE THEY SEE
AND IT PLAYS ON THEM OVER
PERIOD OF TIME. MAYBE A FEW
WEEKS OR MAYBE A YEAR OR SO.
BUT WE’LL SEE A CHANGE PEOPLE.
LEWIS NELSON, THANK YOU SO
MUCH. YOU REALLY CREATED AN
INCREDIBLE A PIECE OF ART
RIGHT THERE FOR GENERATIONS.
AS WE HONOR OUR VETERANS, NOT
JUST TODAY ON VETERANS DAY,