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So that what you can do as you are going round the memorial itself, you can follow the tide of battle. so you will see naturally the 6th ofjune, huge numbers of casualties on that day. as you go round the memorial, you will see other elements. some days were quieter than others, some days there were more casualties than others. as you are walking round, you can get a visceral feel for that, as you're physically walking around it. those on the walls, the ones who made it home, —— those not on the walls, the ones who made it home, were fortunate, says eric strange. he was a young sublieutena...

Here at the national archives are the original wartime documents — a valuable resource that formed just part of the research by jane furlong who spent more than nine months determining and double checking every single name on the memorial. the memorial itself is ordered by date, so that what you can do as you're going around the memorial itself, you can follow the tide of battle, so you will see, naturally, the 6th ofjune, huge numbers of casualties on that day. but then, as you go around the memorial, you will see other elements, some days were quieter than others, some days there were more...

Two of the men in the photograph are seen holding guns. and the memorial itself, at least the sign, is riddled by bullets. now, at this point we are not identifying the men because we have not had the opportunity to talk to them. also, we should point out it is not clear if they're the ones that shot up the sign or if it was the work of others. unfortunately, the sign has been routinely vandalized. in fact it is going to be replaced now for the fourth time. but again, it marks a very revered and very somber site. the fraternity for which these three men belong, that's kappa alpha, has put out ...

>> a tribute to honor our fallen troops now the subject of a lawsuit. a separation of church and state group says this cross on a memorial in oregon violates the constitution and now they're going to court to have it taken down. that's become the latest focus of a controversy that's spreading nationwide. fox's trace gallagher is live in our west coast bureau. what do we know about this one, trace. >> trace: just like a lot of crosses targeted around the country, this vietnam veterans memorial has been in oregon for decades, donated by a business and volunteer group back in 1972. the group, fre...