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Introducing the first minivan with an available built-in vacuum. starsomething special in the redesigned odyssey from honda. >> an army veteran has done it finished an incredible mission he began more than three decades ago. just hours ago. 6 a-year-old mike bowen ran the final stretch of a 58,282-mile journey. he finished at the vietnam veterans memorial in washington honoring the thousands who never returned home from the conflict. he ran one mile for each name on that wall. he says for many families, the mission continues. >> final chapter of my mission definitely not the final chapter for ...

Cool, fall-like day, bringing him a few more strides closer to the end of a long journey. >> it is my own personal mission. it is almost over. >> reporter: before 1982, you could not call michael bowen an avid runner. now three decades later, he is closing in on 58,282 miles. the same number of names on the vietnam memorial in the nation's capital. >> i have a little guilt complex because i didn't have to serve. i didn't get wounded. i was in during the war but not in the war. i was in germany. >> reporter: he has stayed on his path through cancer and through knee surgeries. bowen has complete...

Visited the vietnam memorial in washington today history would honor their service even though lots of federal americans did not. >> you came home and sometimes were denigrated when you should have been celebrated it was a national shame, a disgrace that should have never happened. that's why here today we resolve that it will not happen again. >> today, the president said the words so many vietnam vets did not hear when they came back from the war. welcome home. jennifer griffin live in washington. jennifer? >> 58,282 u.s. service members killed in 13 years, trace. the vietnam war began when ...

>>trace: it was a site -- sight to be seen. you talk about the fact there are 58,282 names on the wall street. you mentioned this is the biggest draw in the nation's capitol. what brings people there and why is the draw so powerful. >>guest: the vietnam veterans memorial is the most visited site in washington, dc, more so than lincoln right behind it or washington at the other end of the wall or the capitol. and it is that way because there are a lot of americans who realized way too late that those who sacrificed so much, whose names are on that wall, the killed and missing, 75,000 who were t...

Military analyst, retired general barry mccaffrey, and retired general wesley clark. both of their long military careers include service in vietnam and our thanks to you gentlemen for your service as well as for sharing this memorial day with us. we were talking a little earlier about the wall. 247 feet almost of black granite. on it now, i am told, are inscribed the names of 58,282 mostly men, and some women. and what, what does the wall, what does this day bring to mind for you, general clark? >> i think about all of those people that i know whose names are on that wall. i lost 30 west point...