California veterans remember loved ones at visiting Vietnam War memorial: ‘Touches my heart'

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. (Tribune News Service) — About 35 years after he visited the Vietnam  Memorial in Washington, D.C., U.S. Navy veteran Pete ...

March 24, 2023
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SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. (Tribune News Service) — About 35 years after he visited the Vietnam  Memorial in Washington, D.C., U.S. Navy veteran Pete Evans searched for the names of people he knew on a replica of the monument installed in a San Luis Obispo field. Evans said he's felt survivor's guilt 'all these years' since the Vietnam War ended. 'The squad goes out on a patrol, and everybody gets killed but one,' Evans said Saturday while visiting the traveling Vietnam War memorial. 'That person can feel terrible.