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Jan Scruggs is best known for being the founder of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. Scruggs served as a corporal in the 199th Light Infantry Brigade, and upon completion of his service attended American University in Washington, D.C where he obtained a master's degree in counseling. During the course of graduate studies, Scruggs came up with the idea of a memorial to honor the veterans of the Vietnam War, and began to raise funds after Congress did not take action. The effort began with $2,800 of his own money and eventually raised over $8 million, coming mostly from private donations. The memorial was dedicated in November, 1982. The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall is a place of deep personal reflection for many visitors. ...
See also the American University in Cairo and American University of Beirut American University is a fully accredited and internationally known private coeducational university located at Ward Circle, straddling the Spring Valley and American University Park areas of Northwest Washington, DC. It currently has roughly 5,000 undergraduate students, and...
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A masters degree is an academic degree usually awarded for completion of a postgraduate or graduate course of one to three years in duration. ...
The Vietnam War or Second Indochina War was a conflict between the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRVN, or North Vietnam), allied with the National Liberation Front (NLF, or Viet Cong) against the Republic of Vietnam (RVN, or South Vietnam), and its allies—notably the United States military in support of...
A congress is a gathering of people, especially a gathering for a political purpose. ...
Scruggs is now a motivational speaker, attorney and author of two books dealing with the Vietnam War, To Heal A Nation and Why Vietnam Still Matters, The War and The Wall. An attorney is someone who represents someone else in the transaction of business: For attorney-at-law, see lawyer, solicitor, barrister or civil law notary. ...
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