Inspiring and one-of-a-kind: New memorial and museum in Columbus, Ohio, honors all veterans
by Terri Colby, Chicago Tribune
Nov 05, 2018
4 minutes
"Ever since I was a kid, I was dead set on getting into West Point. I was in the class of 2005. We are considered to be the class of 9/11 because 9/11 happened our freshman year. It got very real when classmates started dying. Every once in a while, they'd make an announcement at lunch that we lost another classmate in combat."
That poignant recollection is just part of the story of former U.S. Army 1st Lt. Joshua Mantz of San Jose, Calif., a Purple Heart recipient. It's one of many personal stories that visitors will experience at the new National Veterans Memorial and Museum in Columbus, Ohio,
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