The Vietnam Veterans Memorial at Angel Fire: War, Remembrance, and an American Tragedy

by Steven Trout

A great white angel spreading her wings across the Moreno Valley: this is how one visitor described the memorial standing atop a windswept prominence in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains near Taos, New Mexico. A de-facto national Vietnam veterans memorial, built by one family more than a decade before the Wall in Washington, DC, and without aid or recognition from the US government, the chapel at Angel Fire is a testament to one young American's sacrifice--but...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0700629335
• ISBN13: 9780700629336
• Release Date: April 2020
• Publisher: University Press of Kansas
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"