Above and Beyond

One of our own Ned Broderick has been in on the ground floor with the creation of this museum and is also a great guy and not to bad of an artist either. They have a new exhibit in the making at the Museum and would like his fellow Thundering Third vets to get behind them. For those who don't know Ned was the guy who designed and painted the current Thundering Third Logo. Here's a picture of him doing just that. (Was taken at Dong Ha December 1966.

Joseph Fornelli, Rich Steinbock, Ned Broderick, Mayor Daley and Jerry Kykisz.

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On January 12, Mayor Richard M. Daley was presented with the first dog tag from Chicago’s Above & Beyond Vietnam War Memorial by members of the NVVAM staff.
The presentation piece consisted of a framed original lino print by artist Ned Broderick, with a dog tag memorializing Milton Olive Ill, a Medal of Honor recipient from Chicago. The Above & Beyond Memorial will honor, in a hanging sculpture of imprinted dog tags, the over 58,000 men and women who died in the Vietnam War.
The Memorial sculpture will also honor the 160,000 veterans who died as a direct result of their Vietnam injuries and illnesses. When visitors first enter the museum, they will hear a sound like wind chimes coming from above them. Their attention will be drawn upward 24 feet to the ceiling of the two-story high atrium where they will see tens of thousands of metal dog tags, suspended one inch apart on fino lines which will allow them to move like a living thing with shifts in the air currents.
At a kiosk in the lobby, visitors will find a computerized diagram that will make it easy for them to locate dog tags memorializing friends or loved ones. A museum employee will use a laser pointer to highlight the individual tags suspended high above.
Piriczky and his crew from Patent Construction Systems. NVVAM artist Mike Helbing has generously donated his time to design the structure which will suspend the imprinted dog tags. "The support for this project has been steady since it’s launch last Veteran’s Day," says Richard Steinbock, the project coordinator and co-creator of Above & Beyond.
Interesting and emotional stories have also surfaced throughout these past months. Sister Shawn Mitchell, from the St. Michael’s Convent in Schererville, Indiana, visited the museum in January. She was deeply moved by Rich Steinbock’ s offer to personally imprint a dog tag in memory of her brother who died in Vietnam. Sister Shawn was so impressed with the museum and the memorial project that she wrote a letter to Mayor Daley to express how thankful she was that the City of Chicago would be home to this gripping memorial. She was pleasantly surprised when the Mayor personally answered her letter. The National Vietnam Veterans Art Museum expects the bulk of the funding for the dog tag memorial project to come from people across the country. It is a rare opportunity for thousands of citizens to join together in paying tribute to those whose lives were lost in service to their country. Richard Steinbock is keeping a journal of other stories that he has received with the orders for tags, with the idea of publishing a book on the memorial. A design team is currently working on a 3-D digital representation of the finished memorial for inclusion in our website and public service announcements.

When ordering a dog tag, sponsors can request a duplicate tag which is mounted on a certificate suitable for framing. If a sponsor does not have a specific name, the museum will provide one.

Above & Beyond is scheduled for completion and a national unveiling by Veteran’s Day 2000. Heather French, Miss

For information on the Above & Beyond Memorial contact the museum at 312/326-0270 or log on to the museum’s web site.

Use the following Information for your donations. Note you don't need this form to order just provide the information as seen. If you want to print the form just.right click on the image with your mouse, click view image and Press the Print button, on top of your screen.

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	On January 12, Mayor Richard M. Daley was presented with the first dog tag from Chicago’s Above & Beyond Vietnam War Memorial by members of the NVVAM staff. The presentation piece consisted of a framed original lino print by artist Ned Broderick, with a dog tag memorializing Milton Olive Ill, a Medal of Honor recipient from Chicago. The Above & Beyond Memorial will honor, in a hanging sculpture of imprinted dog tags, the over 58,000 men and women who died in the Vietnam War. The Memorial sculpture will also honor the 160,000 veterans who died as a direct result of their Vietnam injuries and illnesses. When visitors first enter the museum, they will hear a sound like wind chimes coming from above them. Their attention will be drawn upward 24 feet to the ceiling of the two-story high atrium where they will see tens of thousands of metal dog tags, suspended one inch apart on fino lines which will allow them to move like a living thing with shifts in the air currents. At a kiosk in the lobby, visitors will find a computerized diagram that will make it easy for them to locate dog tags memorializing friends or loved ones. A museum employee will use a laser pointer to highlight the individual tags suspended high above. Piriczky and his crew from Patent Construction Systems. NVVAM artist Mike Helbing has generously donated his time to design the structure which will suspend the imprinted dog tags. "The support for this project has been steady since it’s launch last Veteran’s Day," says Richard Steinbock, the project coordinator and co-creator of Above & Beyond. Interesting and emotional stories have also surfaced throughout these past months. Sister Shawn Mitchell, from the St. Michael’s Convent in Schererville, Indiana, visited the museum in January. She was deeply moved by Rich Steinbock’ s offer to personally imprint a dog tag in memory of her brother who died in Vietnam. Sister Shawn was so impressed with the museum and the memorial project that she wrote a letter to Mayor Daley to express how thankful she was that the City of Chicago would be home to this gripping memorial. She was pleasantly surprised when the Mayor personally answered her letter. The National Vietnam Veterans Art Museum expects the bulk of the funding for the dog tag memorial project to come from people across the country. It is a rare opportunity for thousands of citizens to join together in paying tribute to those whose lives were lost in service to their country. Richard Steinbock is keeping a journal of other stories that he has received with the orders for tags, with the idea of publishing a book on the memorial. A design team is currently working on a 3-D digital representation of the finished memorial for inclusion in our website and public service announcements. When ordering a dog tag, sponsors can request a duplicate tag which is mounted on a certificate suitable for framing. If a sponsor does not have a specific name, the museum will provide one. Above & Beyond is scheduled for completion and a national unveiling by Veteran’s Day 2000. Heather French, Miss For information on the Above & Beyond Memorial contact the museum at 312/326-0270 or log on to the museum’s web site.
Use the following Information for your donations. Note you don't need this form to order just provide the information as seen. If you want to print the form just.right click on the image with your mouse, click view image and Press the Print button, on top of your screen.

		Link to 3/4 Memorial Page