Volunteers Wash The Vietnam Veterans Memorial

It is often called "The Wall that Heals," but the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall got some healing itself as dozens of people scrubbed it clean Saturday morning.

NewDay USA employees and their families picked up brushes and hoses to wash the 58,000 names etched into the marble.

"It's a way of showing respect for those who sacrificed and who made the ultimate sacrifice," says retired Admiral Tom Lynch, a chairman of the mortgage company that provides loans to veterans. "I have nine of my classmates from the Naval Academy on that wall."

Col. John Fenzel, CEO of NewDay USA Foundation, says washing the wall is a solemn experience.

"We do it to honor the service and sacrifice of the Vietnam veterans," he says. "We do that by washing the granite of this wall."
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