Something about the people who lost their lives in the Vietnam War?

Question

So there is this painting called "Reflections" by Lee Teter.

http://middlezonemusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/vietnam-memorial.jpg

What do you feel is the meaning behind it?

Answer 1

I would have to say the connection with true friends, and painful memories.  

Answer 2

Many times those who are involved in Life and Death struggles are connected by a bond. I think that when you realize that nothing else matters as much as life, you become attached in a way physically you can explain. When you see someone lose their life you never forget it, its and unexplainable feeling of seeing the person leave thier body. The body ceases to be them and you no longer see them as that body but rather as how they were. I think the painting is the feeling of guilt and saddness that they came home when so many did not. And youth has alot to do with that feeling, as the person never had time to live thier life. I think sometimes we come in contact with people who will touch or change our lives with the short time we know them, and I truly believe this one of the  most precious things we can ever recieve.

Answer 3

That portrait shows the true brother/sisterhood bond of those who proudly served our country (the US) without a doubt or concern for his or her own life to protect the safety of their fellow man.

For me, personally, it shows a sense of pride and a personal way of someone who will never forget the sense of honor he had for his fellow soldiers he served with.

Let us NEVER FORGET those who have given their lives to protect us!

Answer 4

A poem was written by Laurence Binyon for those who died in the first months of WW1. It was entitled For The Fallen, The following will be a quote from that poem which became probably the most quoted words in the 20th century:

They shall not grow old as we who are left grow old

Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn

At the going down of the sun, and in the morning

We shall remember them

The picture from the Wall shows an older man, probably a vet remembering his buddies who did not return. They did not grow old as he did. His memory of them is as they were, his sadness is for what they could have been.

Answer 5

WHY!? He stand there wondering why he made it out when so many did not. Knowing there sacrifice was for the greater good he wonders if the cost was worth it. He misses his brotherhood forged in battle.

Answer 6

Friend,

That have really touched me. One of the beautiful art. As soon as i saw that, it meant like soldiers encouraging us "We are there for u". They still stay in the hearts of many.

Thanks for that picture.

Answer 7

It's  a way for those who came back from the war to stay connected and not forget those that died there.  Pretty cool painting.