Coffee with Closers
Coffee with Closers is a podcast created by a team of public relations professionals at Pinkston in Washington, DC. From media personalities, to pioneers in healthcare and disruptors in business, we talk to some of America’s most interesting people who tell interesting stories.
Coffee with Closers
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Co-Founder Robert Doubek: The Controversy That Nearly Doomed The Project
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Pinkston
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Season 2
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Episode 22
As America prepares to honor all of the brave heroes who served our country, on Veterans Day, we are re-aring the Coffee with Closers episode featuring Vietnam Veterans Memorial co-founder Robert Doubek.
A former Air Force intelligence officer, Mr. Doubek recounts the powerful and moving story of how the Vietnam Veterans Memorial was created and the challenging responsibility he was entrusted with to ensure the completeness and accuracy of the 58,000 names inscribed on the Memorial's granite wall.
He also explains how the controversy that erupted over its design almost doomed the project.