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Jan Scruggs, president and founder of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, presents Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard a piece of slate from the Vietnam Veterans Memorial at a ceremony in Washington, D.C., March 7, 2011. Gillard announced the donation of $3 million from the Australian government to help fund the "Education Center at the Wall," which would display items placed at the memorial.

VIETNAM REMEMBRANCE

Jan Scruggs, president and founder of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, presents Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard a piece of slate from the Vietnam Veterans Memorial at a ceremony in Washington, D.C., March 7, 2011. Gillard announced the donation of $3 million from the Australian government to help fund the "Education Center at the Wall," which would display items placed at the memorial.

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