Vietnam Vets’ Wall Stirs Emotions

The travelling Vietnam Memorial Wall on Sunday evening in Anchorage. Photo by Ellen Lockyer.

With the nation’s birthday coming up this week, thoughts are turning to those who helped to keep this country free. A replica of the Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial Wall has toured the state the last few weeks, and made a stop in Anchorage over the weekend.

Woman looks for a name on the Vietnam Memorial Wall in Anchorage
Flowers placed at travelling Vietnam Memorial Wall in Anchorage over the weekend. Photo by Ellen Lockyer.

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APTI Reporter-Producer Ellen Lockyer started her radio career in the late 1980s, after a stint at bush Alaska weekly newspapers, the Copper Valley Views and the Cordova Times. When the Exxon Valdez ran aground in Prince William Sound, Valdez Public Radio station KCHU needed a reporter, and Ellen picked up the microphone.
Since then, she has literally traveled the length of the state, from Attu to Eagle and from Barrow to Juneau, covering Alaska stories on the ground for the AK show, Alaska News Nightly, the Alaska Morning News and for Anchorage public radio station, KSKA
elockyer (at) alaskapublic (dot) org  |  907.550.8446 | About Ellen

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