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Explra* May 31.2004 10% OFF • Orders of $10 or more Coupon* Cannot ft* Combinad, Explrat May 31. 2004 10 Friday, April 30, 2004 NATION THE BATTALION World War II Memorial opens on National Mall NATIONAL WORLD WAR II MEMORIAL Memorial opens to the public The National World War II Memorial site honoring the 16 million U.S. men and women who served during World War II opened to the public Thursday. The dedication ceremony is on May 29. Lincoln Memorial Vietnam Veterans Memorial Reflecting Pool THE Korean War Veterans Memorial 'NOEPE NOeNC£<VE M.LK. Memonal • CONSTITUTION AVE Washington Monument ►"41 I ■ World War II Memorial M L L 0 Hn Tula! Basin 0 SOURCES Department ot Defense Department ot Veterans Aflaire. a American Battle Monuments Commission By Jennifer C. Kerr THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — Gray- haired war veterans sat in quiet reflection. Tourists came by to qui etly say thanks. Schoolchildren on field trips crowded around asking for autographs. Decades in the planning, the National World War II Memorial opened to the public Thursday. Under brilliant spring sun shine, visitors of all ages streamed in to Uxtk at Washington’s newest memorial and to pay their respects to those who served during one of the country’s most difficult and triumphant periods. The memorial, which sits prominently between the Washington Monument and the Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall, was long overdue but worth the waiL some vets said. “It is beautiful,” declared George Lynch, an 81-year-old former Marine from Washington. “To see this memorial after all these years is absolutely marvelous." Lynch was accompanied by another World War II Marine. William “Abby” Abernathy, 91, also of Washington. “So many people have stopped both Abbv and me and said thank you," Lynch said. “1 can hardly talk about this with out my eyes watering up. It real ly touches you." The granite-and-bronze mon ument features waterfalls, foun tains, and a curved wall bedecked with gold stars representing the more than 4(X),(XX) who gave their lives in the war. It has two hulking 43-foot arches at each end, one marked Atlantic and the other Pacific. They symbolize the two theaters of the war. Fifty-six smaller granite pil lars adorned with two bronze wreaths form the oval shape of the memorial and encircle a sunken plaza and pool. Each pil lar in engraved with the name of a state or territory from that period. While the formal dedication ceremony is a month away, proj ect organizers raced to put the fin ishing touches on the memonj so the ever-dwindling number of World War II veterans could come to see it as soon as possible World War II vets arc dying i a rate of 1.056 a day, the Veterans Affairs Department estimates Fewer than 4 million of the If million who served will bealivei the time of the May 29 dedication Fred Smith of Rockville, Md.. served in the Army Aj Corps, which later became the Air Force. He said the memonal is a grand tribute. “There are an awful lot of guys who 1 kneu that are gone now, but they w ould have loved this," he said Another veteran, Henn Wilayto. said the size of the memorial —which stretches the length of a football field —was especially fitting. “I think it’s far more than! thought they w ere going to do,' said Wilayto. a former Arm staff sergeant from Concord, Mass. “I thought it would be a real small one, but they’ve gone completely into the depths that they should have.” Among the first in line on opening day were hundreds of schoolchildren from Newtown, Conn., and Toledo, Ohio- some of whom had grandfattes who served in the war. The $174 million memorial was almost two decades in the making. Legislation was introduced in 1987 hy Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D- Ohio, who was prompted by an encounter with World War II veteran Roger Durbin. In front of a crowd at a political event. Durbin asked Kaptur why there was no World War II memorial. Together, they worked to get legislation passed so the memo rial could be built. Congress gave its approval in 1993. but that was followed by court challenges from critics who claimed the monument would clutter the Mall and interfere witli sweeping vistas long enjoyed by visitors. Construction began in late 2001. NEWS IN BRIEF Bush, Cheney recount efforts to thwart terrorism WASHINGTON (AP) — Hoping to shape history’s judgment, President Bush told the Sept. 11 commission Thursday his administration tried to protect America from terrorists as warnings grew before the devastating attack of 2001 Members pressed him on his response to a controversial memo that raised the threat of plane hijackings and attacks with explosives. “I answered every question they asked,” Bush said after he and Vice President Dick Cheney met with the 10-member commission for three hours in the Oval Office. Presidential scholars called the session unprecedented. 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