Coffee with Closers

Vietnam Veterans Memorial Co-Founder Robert Doubek: The Controversy That Nearly Doomed The Project

November 10, 2022 Pinkston
Coffee with Closers
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Co-Founder Robert Doubek: The Controversy That Nearly Doomed The Project
Show Notes

It is the 40th Anniversary of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. Joining us on this week’s episode of Coffee with Closers is Vietnam Veterans Memorial co-founder Robert Doubek. He retells the fascinating behind-the-scenes story of how The Wall was created and how the public controversy over its design almost doomed the project. He also shares with us the daunting challenges he went through to ensure the completeness and accuracy of the 58,000 names inscribed on the Memorial's granite wall.