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    		• Koras, George,
     
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    		• History -- United States
     
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    		• Figure group
     
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    		• Occupation -- Military
     
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    		• Dress -- Uniform
     
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    		• Ethnic -- Vietnamese
     
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    		• Object -- Weapon
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Connecticut -- Danbury
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Vietnam Memorial, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Koras, George, 1925- , sculptor.
    Title: 
    Vietnam Memorial, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1988. Dedicated May 29, 1988.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image
    Medium: 
    Bronze on a granite base.
    Dimensions: 
    Figures: approx. 8 x 3 x 2 ft.; Base: approx. 5 ft. x 10 ft. 6 in. x 3 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (Figure:) G. Koras/1988 c. (Top center panel:) 1969 Vietnam War 1975 (Bronze center panel:) DEDICATED THIS 29TH DAY OF MAY, BY THE PEOPLE OF THE GREATER DANBURY AREA TO/THOSE MEN AND WOMEN WHO SERVED THEIR COUNTRY DURING THE VIETNAM WAR/THIS MEMORIAL SYMBOLIZES THE COURAGE AND SACRIFICES MADE BY THESE INDIVIDUALS AS/WELL AS THE HUMANITY AND COMPASSION SHOWN TOWARD THE PEOPLE, AND IN PARTICULAR THE CHILDREN OF THE REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM/(List of 47 names and dates) signed
    Description: 
    A full-length figure of an American Vietnam war soldier in full battle gear, holding a Vietnamese girl in his proper left arm, an M-16 rifle in his proper right arm. He stands atop a three-part stelae with bronze reliefs. One side relief depicts a map of Vietnam, war medals and medallions from each of the branches of the armed services; the middle panel is inscribed with a dedication statement and the names of 47 area servicemen killed or missing in Vietnam); the third panel depicts a battle scene.
    Subject: 
    History -- United States -- Vietnam War
    Figure group
    Occupation -- Military -- Soldier
    Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform
    Ethnic -- Vietnamese
    Object -- Weapon -- Gun
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Connecticut -- Danbury
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Danbury, Parks and Recreation Department, 7 East Hayestown Road, Danbury, Connecticut 06811
    Located Rogers Park, 1 Memorial Drive, Danbury, Connecticut 06810
    Remarks: 
    IAS files contain copies of the Danbury News Times (Danbury, CT), May 24, 1988 and Danbury News Times (Danbury, CT), May 31, 1988, discussing the unveiling of the monument. The monument cost approximately $130,000; $75,000 of which was provided by the City of Danbury. Raised inscription on a bronze plaque in front of the sculpture reads: THIS MEMORIAL IS DEDICATED TO THE VIETNAM VETERAN, HIS COMPASSION AND/HIS HUMANITY. THROUGHOUT THE VIETNAM WAR AMERICAN SERVICE MEN AND/WOMEN CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE PEOPLE OF VIETNAM/AND DESPITE THE/PICTURE PAINTED BY THE MEDIA OF THAT TIME, THE VAST MAJORITY OF THEM/RECOGNIZED THE SUFFERING BEING ENDURED BY THE VIETNAMESE PEOPLE/PARTICULARLY THE CHILDREN OF THE COUNTRY/THESE MEN AND WOMEN, WHO, THE YEAR BEFORE WERE ATTENDING HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE EVENTS, WERE NOW ENGAGED IN COMBAT WITH AN ELUSIVE/BUT TENACIOIUS ENEMY.
    THEIR EXPOSURE WAS TRAUMATIC, TO SAY THE LEAST, YET/NO MATTER HOW HARD THEIR EXTERIOR, NO MATTER HOW MUCH/THEY CONTROLLED/THEIR FEARS IN ORDER TO BE THE FIGHTERS THEY MUST BE, THIS SHARD OF OUTER/TOUGHNESS WAS ALWAYS CHALLENGED BY THE CHILDREN SUFFERING AND BEING/DESTROYED BY THE WAR. THIS WAS PROBABLY ONE OF THE MAJOR LINKS TO THEIR/SANITY. MEN WHO BECAME TOUGH JUNGLE FIGHTERS AT THE SAME TIME GAVE OF/THEMSELVES TO HELP THE PEOPLE. THEIR DEFIANCE OF THE ENEMY AT ALL LEVELS/OF ENGAGEMENT WAS CONTRASTED BY THEIR WILLINGNESS TO BE HUMAN BEINGS IF/IT WAS POSSIBLE IN THAT MADNESS. THEY HELPED ADMINISTER MEDICAL TREATMENT/SHARED THEIR FOOD WITH VIETNAMESE CHILDREN, AND GAVE OF THEMSELVES TO/ORPHANAGES TO EASE THE PAIN OF THE ORPHANS./THIS IS THE VIETNAM VETERAN WHO WAS OVERLOOKED. HE DISPLAYED THE/SAME COURAGE AS HIS FATHER AND GRANDFATHER IN OTHER LESS CONTROVERSIAL/WARS, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, HE DISPLAYED THE COMPASSION WHICH HAS ALWAYS/BEEN CHARACTERISTIC OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Connecticut survey, 1993.
    Danbury News Times (Danbury, CT), May 24, 1988.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Note: 
    The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
    Repository: 
    Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
    Control Number: 
    IAS CT000042
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