WASHINGTON D.C. (KVRR) — Emotions ran high and tears were shed as veterans approached the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, DC. 193 veterans aboard this Honor Flight served in Vietnam. When Jim Svobodny arrived at the wall at the Vietnem Memorial he was destined to find two names, “there’s 37…34 is…here’s 34. There he is right there. Now, I’ve never met him, but look at his name. I know who he is. I know his sisters, and our name is very unusual. So I think that’s the only Svobodny on this wall. He was about my age, and I’ve read all about him, and he was a very nice man. Died too young.” Svobodny wasn’t done there. He had to find the name of a friend from Fargo that died in Vietnam. David Waldera. “I was thinking to myself that’s the only one on the wall. I mean, I’ve been her

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