Last year, Boyd’s office was able to bring in $9.668 million to local veterans and are responsible for over 800 million annually - all with a nine-person team. The SLO County Veterans Resource Center connects veterans to their accredited benefits.
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“We have kept America free for four generations,” said Dykhouse, who added that made him feel proud of their services.īoyd was impressed at the community’s support of the wall coming back to San Luis Obispo County. His grandfather served in the trenches of World War I, his father was a World War II veteran who went across the Omaha Beach during the Battle of the Bulge, and then one of his sons served as an Airborne Ranger. They went in there with a plan to try to neutralize the North and hopefully give the South enough time to grow up and take care of themselves, but that’s not the way to win a war.”ĭykhouse is the third generation of his family to serve in the U.S.
“They never went in there with a plan to win. “The American government screwed it up,” said Dykhouse, who went on to tell us what he wished people knew about the Vietnam War. But the war and its purpose were strongly debated within the U.S. The Vietnam War is most commonly and briefly described as a conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia with the purpose of preventing the spread of communism. Photos and remembrances of each service member on the wall can be found on /wall-of-faces as well as their exact location on the wall. Volunteers and a resource center at the wall in Madonna were crucial for those finding names on the wall. They died doing what their country asked them to do,” said Dykhouse while he searched the wall. He was looking for his roommate from flight school, a high school classmate, a neighbor, and some men from his company that were killed in Vietnam. Like many veterans who were visiting the wall, Dykhouse had a list of people to find and visit on the wall. In its 27 years of touring, the wall has been on display in more than 700 U.S. It stands 375 feet long and 7.5 feet high. The “Wall that Heals” made its debut in 1996. “ tugs at the heart strings - first time in Washington I cried my eyes out,” said Dykhouse of seeing the wall again and of his first time seeing the original in Washington, D.C. Templeton resident Rodney Dykhouse served as an Army helicopter pilot flying Hueys from 1970 to 1971, and came to see the wall at Madonna Meadows. Wednesday, March 29, marks the 50th anniversary of the removal of American combat troops from Vietnam. It was common to overhear veterans who served in Vietnam to crack a few jokes saying, “looks like they brought the Vietnam mud along with it.” The wet weather created a muddy setting for the wall after set-up. “To them they are escorting their fallen brothers on the wall, so it is like a memorial service for them,” said Boyd, who passed out special momentos to those who participated in the transport. Despite the wet weather, over 100 people showed up to escort the wall.
On Tuesday, March 14, the wall was escorted from Camp Roberts in San Miguel to the Madonna Inn. There were over 60 sponsors for the wall, including the SLO County Board of Supervisors, Madonna Inn, and the Legacy Wellness Center located in Nipomo. “There’s a lot of things that we had to pull together quickly and we were able to do that with the support of the community,” said Boyd, who hosts the event alongside the Central Coast Veterans Memorial Museum.
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