“To me, the American Dream is being able to follow your own personal calling. To be able to do what you want to do is incredible freedom.”
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It was a requirement by the veterans to list the 57, 000 names. We're reaching a time that we'll acknowledge the individual in a war on a national level.
I deliberately did not read anything about the Vietnam War because I felt the politics of the war eclipsed what happened to the veterans. The politics were irrelevant to what this memorial was.
I really enjoyed hanging out with some of the teachers. This one chemistry teacher, she liked hanging out. I liked making explosives. We would stay after school and blow things up.
My dad was dean of fine arts at the university. I was casting bronzes in the school foundry. I was using the university as a playground.
