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See larger The American Veterans Traveling Tribute honors the 58,253 men and women in the armed services who died during the Vietnam War. The Traveling Tribute Wall and other memorials will be on display during the American Heroes Air Show Jan. 28 at the Lee County Sports Complex. Laura Gates/ Banner Correspondent

The American Veterans Traveling Tribute honors the 58,253 men and women in the armed services who died during the Vietnam War. The Traveling Tribute Wall and other memorials will be on display during the American Heroes Air Show Jan. 28 at the Lee County Sports Complex. Laura Gates/ Banner Correspondent

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  • This box resembles the cages American prisoners of war were kept in during the Vietnam War. A Vietnam War timeline and Tribute wall will be on display at the American Heroes Air Show Jan. 28. Laura Gates/ Banner Correspondent
  • Volunteers unload sections of the Traveling Wall, an 80-percent scale version of the Vietnam Memorial Wall in Washington, D.C. The American Veterans Traveling Tribute is part of the American Heroes Air Show at the Lee County Sports Complex this weekend. Laura Gates/ Banner Correspondent
  • Volunteers assemble The Traveling Wall, an 80-percent scale version of the Vietnam Memorial Wall in Washington, D.C. The American Veterans Traveling Tribute is part of the American Heroes Air Show at the Lee County Sports Complex this weekend. Laura Gates/ Banner Correspondent
  • Douglas Spicer II helps assemble The Traveling Wall, a Vietnam War memorial, at the Lee County Sports Complex. Spicer is chaplain with the Sons of the American Legion Post 38 in Fort Myers. His father is a Vietnam veteran and also helped to assemble the Traveling Tribute Friday. Laura Gates/ Banner Correspondent
  • Frank Ruckle, who served in the US Coat Guard during the Vietnam War, look for names of fallen comrades after helping assemble The Traveling Tribute wall, an 80-percent scale replica of the Vietnam Memorial in Washington, D.C.. Laura Gates/ Banner Correspondent
  • The American Veterans Traveling Tribute honors the 58,253 men and women in the armed services who died during the Vietnam War. The Traveling Tribute Wall and other memorials will be on display during the American Heroes Air Show Jan. 28 at the Lee County Sports Complex. Laura Gates/ Banner Correspondent

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