Vietnam Veterans Chapel at Angelfire!

This memorial was begun by Victor and Jeanne Westphall, the grief stricken parents of Marine First Lieutenant David Westphall, who was among sixteen young men in his unit killed in an ambush on May 22nd 1968. The Westphalls used their sons insurance policies to begin construction of the Peace and Brotherhood Chapel. The Chapel resembles a sail and perches on a hillside overlooking the Moreno Valley in North central New Mexico. The chapel was dedicated on the anniversary of Davids death in 1971. At the time of its construction the site received National media attention and helped inspire the establishment of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington D.C., In 1987 The United States Congress recognized Angelfire as a memorial of National significance. This Narrative was gleamed from Wikipedia.
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