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Ashabranner, Brent

Their Names to Live: What the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Means to America

64 pp. | Lerner/Twenty-first Century | December, 1998 | Library ISBN 0-7613-3235-9 $$23.90

(3) 4-6 Photographs by Jennifer Ashabranner. This sequel to Always to Remember, which described how the memorial was created, focuses on the powerful, deeply personal reactions of the family and friends of the memorialized soldiers. Black-and-white and color photos accompany the text, which also includes the stories of four soldiers who died in the war. The informative book leaves readers with the message that war is about "sacrifice and sorrow, not about glory and reward." Bib., ind.

Reviewer: Jack Forman