War Memorial Model Displayed

A half-scale replica of the Vietnam Memorial Wall is on exhibit in Hawthorne this week for visitors to commemorate the servicemen and servicewomen who died in the Vietnam War.

Since its dedication 14 years ago, the Memorial Wall has become the most visited monument in Washington, D.C. The Moving Wall is a smaller version of the V-shaped black granite wall in Washington and bears 58,175 names. The black-aluminum replica travels around the nation so that those who can’t make it to Washington can still commemorate those who lost their lives in the war.

Bringing the exhibit to the South Bay was a joint effort by TRW, the city of Hawthorne and Southern California Edison. Volunteers from TRW’s Veterans Committee are available to help locate names and provide paper for visitors to make rubbings of them. An on-site computer can be used to search for service members by name, service or year of death.

The Moving Wall will be on display through Saturday at the Edison Substation Park in Hawthorne.