Toi vua ve den nha tu Cancun luc 11Pm ngay Thu Nam 8-30-2018 thu 3 gio sau luc 2AM ngay 8-31-2018 toi lai xe di New Mexico de du buoi le dat vien da co khac ten Ba toi tren Vietnam Veterans Memorial tai Angel Fire, New Mexico duoc to chuc luc 9AM ngay Labor Day Thu Bay 9-1-2018. Toi biet la toi phai lai xe mat 16 Hrs de den do nen toi phai khoi hanh som.
Luc dau toi khong biet o New Mexico co Vietnam Veterans Memorial cho den khi toi di den bien gioi Arizona va New Mexico ngay 12-29-2017 ngung lai tourist Information thi moi biet va toi thich thu muon den noi day.
Vietnam Veterans Memorial hien tai la State Park cua new Mexico.
Khoi dau Vietnam Veterans Memorial duoc xay boi cha me cua Thieu Uy Thuy Quan Luc Chien My ten la David Westphall va cha me la Victor va Jeanne Westphall. Thieu Uy David tu tran ngay 22-5-1968 tai Con
Cha cua Thieu Uy David Westphall la Victor Westphall la giao su dai hoc tai thanh pho Albuquerque thuoc tieu bang New Mexico, Hoa Ky. Ong cung la nha kinh doanh dia oc. Nam 1964 Ong ban dat dai o Albuquerque va mua 800 mau dat tai tinh Angel Fire, thuoc tieu bang New Mexico de song tai day voi y dinh dung 800 mau dat nay de xay resort co san golf. Trong khi xay cat san golf cuoi thang 5 , 1968 thi ong gap 2 nguoi linh Thuy Quan Luc Chien den bao cho ong biet la thieu Uy David con ong bi tu tran o xa Con Thien tinh QUang Tri, Vietnam ngay 22-5-1968. Tu khi nghe tin nay tat ca dieu thay doi. Ong ngung viec xay Resort va dung tien co va tien bao hiem nhan tho cua con ong de xay tuong dai de tuong nho dua con xau so David Westphall cung 15 anh hung Thuy Quan Luc Chien My da tu tran cung con ong tai Quang Tri.
Thieu Uy David Westphall duoc dua vao chien truong Vietnam ngay 3-1967. Trong tran chien ngay
22-5-1968 Thieu uy David tu tran tai Con Thien, tinh Quang tri gan vi tuyen 17.
Vi dau buon con bi tu tran ong Victor Westphall da dung tien bao hiem cua con minh cung so tien ban 800 mau dat ma ong du dinh xay Resort de xay Tuong dai Vietnam Veterans Memorial bat dau xay 9-1968. Tuong dai nay tuong doi hoan tat ngay 5-22-1971, 3 nam sau khi con ong David Westphall tu tran.
Nam 1994 Victor Westphall luc bay gio da 80 tuoi, chong gay di den Vietnam tim ra noi con trai ong bi giet o Con Thien. Ong Victor mang dat tu tuong dai ky niem cua con o New Mexico ong mang den Con Thien, Quang tri Vietnam noi con ong bi giet va rai dat tu tuong dai cua con ong tren vung dat ma con ong bi giet. Sau do ong mang dat tu Co Thien ve lai My va rai dat cua Con Thien tren tuong dai ky niem cua con ong.
Dr. Victor Westphall cha cua Thieu Uy David Westphall mat nam 2003 tho 90 tuoi. Mo cua ong duoc chon trong tuong dai gan mo
Toi rat xuc dong khi vieng tham Vietnam Veterans Memorial va nhat la biet ve cau chuyen cua tuong dai nay,
Tren duong ve tu tuong dai tinh co toi co tu tuong la se yeu cau Vietnam Veterans Memorial cho khac ten Ba toi da tu tran nam 1960 vao dau cuoc chien, cung voi cac quan nhan My tu tran cung nhu con song o tuong dai nay. Voi tu tuong nay toi du dinh se tro lai tuong dai ky niem ngay hom sau de co gang thuyet phuc ho. Neu duoc thi coi nhu su tinh co nhiem mau. Hom sau toi tro lai va loi yeu cau cua toi duoc chap thuan. Toi vui mung vo bien vi uoc mo thanh su that. Mot su tinh co huyen dieu va co duyen da giup toi lam duoc gi cho Ba toi. Va coi nhu la mot hinh thuc bao hieu cho Ba toi.
Tro lai chuyen hanh trinh di New Mexico. Toi lai qua dem va thinh thoang dung dot duong de ngu nhung khong ngu duoc bao nhieu.
qua Meteor Creator va toi lay co hoi nay ngung lai de xem. Toi da den day 1 lan lau lam, khoang hon 10 nam ve truoc.
Noi day nam tren Interstate 66 la con duong thang lap nam 1926 rat noi tieng di tu Chicago, Illinois den Missouri, Kansa, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico and Arizona truoc khi cham dut o Santa Monica, California, dai 2,448 miles.
Meteor Creator la noi ma vat la tren khong gian roi xuong trai dat va cham tari dat tao thanh mot lo lon rong 2.4 miles chu vi va 550ft chieu sau. Vat la nay la mot khoi kim loai ran chat hon thep va nang hon thep la manh vung tao nen boi su va cham cua cac hanh tinh trong vu tru roi di voi van toc 26,000 miles/gio cach day 50,000 nam va roi tai day. Voi van toc nay neu bay nhu vay tu California den New York chi mat 5 phut.
Co nhieu Meteor roi tren trai dat nhung o day la mot trong nhung noi quan trong nhat. Co tat ca 190 meteor tren the gioi ma lon nhat la o Kazakhstan rong voi
duong kinh 14 km trong khi Meteor o day Arizona rong thu 6 duong kinh 1.2km tao nen cach day khoang 100,000 nam.
Toi vao trong xem trung bay va den Creator xem tan mat Creator tu tren khong gian roi xuong.
Sau do toi tiep tuc le n duong di den New Mexico.
Den 8Pm thi troi bat dau toi ma phai de den khoang 3 gio nua moi den Angle Fire nen toi dung lao ngu tai day.
4am la toi bat dau di den Angel fire hy vong den do khoang 7Am, 2 gio truoc gia khai mac. Ten den noi khoang 7:30Am va da thay nhieu nguoi cuu quan nhan Hoa Ky da den day. Toi gap ho va tam su rat nhieu. Ho ke cho toi nghe thoi gian chien dau o Vietnam. Tung dia danh tren dat nuoc toi duoc ho noi den. Nhung tran danh voi day nguy hiem va ky niem duoc ho ke cho toi nghe. Rat am long. Moi khi gap mot cuu quan nhan nao toi deu moi loi cam on ho da hy sinh tuoi tre van gay ca tanh mang de den bao
Toi gap ba Marie nguoi da chap nhan cho toi khac ten Ba toi ten tuong dai. Ba van con nho toi vi toi da gap ba lan truoc 12-2017 khi toi tinh co ghe qua day. Gap toi ba mung lam. Toi tam su voi ba la toi nay da ve huu sau khi lam viec cho Rockwell International roi Boeing coi nhu la hinh thuc tra on dat nuoc Hoa Ky da cuu mang va tao tuong lai cho toi nhung toi chua co co hoi tra on dat nuoc toi da tao ra toi. Va Ba toi toi mang ten Ba toi duoc khac ten Ba toi tren tuong dai nay coi nhu la hinh thuc bao hieu cho Ba toi. Ba noi ngoai viec lam bao hieu cua toi tu ngay ba biet toi 12-2017 moi lan ci khach den vieng tham Dai tuong niem nay ba deu k echo ho nghe ve su hy sinh cua Ba toi va su thanh cong cua toi tu khi den Hoa Ky. Toi am long lam vi tu lau toi co niem mo uoc tham kinh la Ba toi mat
khi toi vua 8 tuoi va Ma toi mat khi toi con la sinh vien cho co co hoi lam ra tien de bao hieu dang sanh thanh roi nguoi mat di de roi toi co hoai bao lam sang danh nguoi noi chinh suot…va toi da lam duoc mot phan dieu ma tam tu tham kin uoc mo. Toi nghe noi va sung suong vo ta. Cai gi minh khao khat tan trai tim va co lam thi co ngay se thuc hien duoc. Toi tham nghi nhu vay. Do la co duyen. Tu su tinh co nay den tinh co khac de roi toi co co hoi duoc khac ten ba toi tren tuong dai nay. Ngay 12-28-2017 tinh co tren xa lo toi dang di o tieu bang Arizona vua qua bien gioi cua new Mexico toi thay ci bang tren xa lo de la New Mexico visitor center toi ngung lai de xem tieu bang New Mexico co gi de xem. Khi vao trong Visitor center toi sap roi noi day toi thay co to Brochure noi ve Vietnam Veterans memorial o day. Toi ngac nhien va hoi ve tin tuc Memorial nay voi nguoi lam
viec o day de roi toi tim den dai tuong niem nay trong ngay do. That su khi o dai tuong niem luc bay gio toi chi say me doc nhung tai lieu trung bai ve dat nuoc toi do cac cuu chien binh hoa ky mang tu Vietnam trong khi chien dau tai Vietnam . Tu nhung con buo be mac ao dai den nhung cai quet Zippo ngay xua cac quan nhan dung, den ngay ca cac mon do dung cua phai ben Viet cong ma cac quan nhan nhat duoc khi chien dau nhu goi thuoc la Dien Bien…ma toi chua tung thay. Toi chup lain hung tanh hinh de lam ky niem . Roi roi dai tuong niem ma khong co tu tuong nao ve viec xin ho de khac ten Ba toi vao tuong dai nay vi toi nghi day la Dai tuong niemchi danh cho cac Cuu quan nhan Hoa Ky tu tran tai Vietnam ma thoi nhu ten cua no. Khi toi roi noi do, tren duong di tinh co Thy noi Thy co thay to flyer noi la neu co nguoi cho tien ho se khac ten cac quan nhan tut ran
vao tuong dai nay. Ngay luc di toi chot co tu tuong tai sao minh khong hoi ho khac ten Ba minh mac dau Ba toi khong la cuu quan nhan Hoa Ky. Di xa khoang doan duong dai roi toi ben thay doi chuong trinh la se khong di Colorado ngay hom sau nhu du dinh. Toi se ngu tai New Mexico nay de ngay hom sau toi tro lai Dai tuong Niem de xin cho toi duoc khac ten Ba toi vao tuong dai.
8 gio sang hom sau 12-29-2017 toi den Dai tuong Niem voi su mo uoc tham lang la ho se chap nhan
Toi va Thy noi tham : neu ma ho chap nhan coi nhu la su nhiem mau ky la. Khi toi tro lai gap ba Marie noi loi yeu cau duoc khac ten Ba toi tren tuong dai va ba ta chap nhan ngay. Giay phut do toi mung vo ta vi su nhiem mau da xay ra. Tu su tinh co nay den su tinh co khac su nhiem mau da xay ra.
Cau chuyen nay giong nhu loi khuyen trong cuon sach va dao Phat ma toi
doc say me :’ Hanh trinh ve Phuong Dong”. Trong do co loi noi la hay co tam tim kiem roi co duyen se den. Dung nhu viec ma toi gap duoc trong viec khac ten Ba toi trong dai Tuong Niem.
Tro lai buoi khac ten tren Tuong Dai hom nay.
Toi di quanh noi dat cac vien da co khac ten nhung quan nhan da nam xuong, tong cong khoang 530 nguoi co ten tren vien da. Toi tim thay vien da co ten Ba toi tren do. Cung giong nhu vien da nay, toi co nho ho khac them mot vien da nua va ho da goi cho toi va toi da de truoc ban tho Ba toi o nha toi.
Den 9 gio thu le khai mac dat vien da khac ten nhung anh hung da nam xuong bat dau. Nguoi huong dan chuong trinh bat dau noi ve tieu su Vietnam Veteran Memorial. Sau do khoang 10AM le dat vein da bat dau. Den gan 12 gio thi nguoi dieu hanh chuong trinh yeu cau cac nhan viev lay vien da cua Ba toi duoc mang ra khac tren tuong dai. Roi
tinh co ong ta huong dan toil en tuong dai de nhan vien da do vat u tay toi dat vien da co kahc te Ba toi xuong tuong dai. Toi la nguoi duy nhat duo cong ta nguoi dieu hanh chuong trinh buoi le hom nay lam nhu vay. Do la danh du cho toi. Do cung la su tinh co mang den cho toi su tran trong nay. Toi rat xuc dong khi nhan vien da tu nguoi suong ngon vien va mang dat tren Tuong Dai. Toi tham nghi toi phai can den 43 nam toi moi bao tro duoc Ba toi tu suot vang de den Hoa ky, trong khi di nguoi tinan khac chi can 5 den 10 nam la co the bao tro chha me hay vo chong doan tu tu Vietnam den Hoa Ky. Tu su tinh co nay den su tinh co khac toi da mang duoc Ba toi den Hoa Ky nhu la su nhiem mau. Trong doi song toi thuong co gang lam phai de roi co duyen se tu dua den va toi bao gio cung nghi nhan muon khong bang Troi muon. Dau minh co gang lam ci
gang dat duoc ma khong co ci duyen thi se khong dat duoc.
Sau do buoi le tam ngung de an trua. Den 1Pm thi chuong trinh tiep tuc. Den 2Pm thi toi roi buoi le de theo chuong trinh di den Grand Cayon.
Voi su sung suong va toi tham nghi toi da mang duoc Ba toi tu Vietnam den day va noi day duoc coi nhu la noi dung chan moi cua Ba toi. Toi tu hua la se den day vieng ba toi nhieu lan trong tuong lai va toi da noi voi ba marie nhu vay thay vi toi ve Vietnam vieng mo Ba toi hang nam. Nhu vay hang nam toi se den day thay vi ve Vietnam. Va tout u hua rang dai Tuong Niem nay rat y nghia voi toi va toi se ung ho tai chanh cho Dai Tuong Niem nay.
Toi ngay 9-1-2018 toi ngu tai Flagtaff tieu bang Arizona de sang hom sau toi di den Grand Cayon, ky quan the gioi o Arizona. Ngay 9-2-2018 tren duong di toi gap cong vien Petrified Forest national Park toi ghe qua xem thu vi chua mot lan nghe
den. Tinh co toi thich thu ve cong vien nay va toi o lai day xem het ngay cho den toi moi ve Las Vegas ngay ma khong di Grand Canyon nhu du dinh.
Petrified forest national park o Arizona la Park duy nhat o My. Park co nhieu cay nga xuong khoang 225 trieu nam va lau nam da tro thanh da. Noi day co cay cau lam bang cay va lau nam tro thanh da va cay cay nay lau den khoang 200 trieu nam va coi la cau lau nam nhat the gioi.
Den 3 gio chieu toi lai xe ve Las Vegas va ngu tai do de hom sau ve lai California.
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About Me: I graduated from a Law School in Vietnam in 1975 and California Polytechnic University, USA, 1981,majoring in an electronic engineering. I worked for Rockwell International (now Boeing) as an aerospace engineer in the Space Shuttle and GPS Military Satellite projects and now on my own. I love to travel with all passion and to write about my travels, the international histories and politics too. I actually started to travel outside USA since 1989 and more aggressive recently. Visit my travel blog at: http://www.t... full info
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