Silent Conversation
Offerings at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial tell the unspoken stories of a generation. Vietnam Veterans Memorial Collection curator Duery Felton Jr. and his staff catalog and store every non-perishable item left at the Wall. Photographer Noel St. John records a sampling of the items at the Maryland facility where the collection is housed.
(Photo by Noel St. John)
(Photo by Noel St. John)
(Photo by Noel St. John)
(Photo by Noel St. John)
FREEDOM IS NOT FREE: An elaborate diorama depiction of a POW camp, from a Michigan donor. (Photo by Noel St. John)
(Photo by Noel St. John)
(Photo by Noel St. John)
(Photo by Noel St. John)
(Photo by Noel St. John)
(Photo by Noel St. John)
(Photo by Noel St. John)
(Photo by Noel St. John)
(Photo by Noel St. John)
(Photo by Noel St. John)
(Photo by Noel St. John)
(Photo by Noel St. John)
HELP YOURSELF: A donor offers a tissue to visitors overwhelmed by emotion during their visit. (Photo by Noel St. John)
(Photo by Noel St. John)