it was gary jenks. he's on the wall. so this flag and note were left on veteran's day 1992. the ten-year anniversary of the wall. and it was left by john sparks who was a prisoner of war for five years in vietnam. he coincidentally has done an oral history project with the library of congress which is very interesting, if you want go into the veterans history project, you can hear about his experience as a prisoner of war. but he left this flag which was presented to him upon his return to the united states after he was released. on it is a crucifix which he made out of a toothpaste tube and the tie is from his prison uniform. and right here there's a pin for the p.o.w. m.i.a., prisoners of war, missing in action.

it was corporal gary jenks. he's on the wall. so this flag and note were left on veterans day 1992, the ten-year anniversary of the wall. and it was left by john parks, who was a prisoner of war for five years in vietnam. he coincidentally has done an oral history project for the library of congress, which is very interesting. you can hear about his experience as a prisoner of war. but he left this flag, which was presented to him upon his return to the united states after he was released. on it is a crucifix, which he made out of a tooth paste tube, and the tie is from his prison uniform. and right here, there's a pin for the pow/mia, which is prisoners of war missing in action. and the note is essentially saying he's dedicating his flag to all the other men who are missing in action or prisoners of war in vietnam. a lot of times veterans, if they want to come see the things that they left, we are always willing to give them a tour and show them around. it also really helps us, because we can connect specific names to donors, an

it was gary jenks. he's on the wall. so this flag and note were left on veteran's day 1992. the ten-year anniversary of the wall. and it was left by john sparks who was a prisoner of war for five years in vietnam. he coincidentally has done an oral history project with the library of congress which is very interesting, if you want go into the veterans history project, you can hear about his experience as a prisoner of war. but he left this flag which was presented to him upon his return to the united states after he was released. on it is a crucifix which he made out of a toothpaste tube and the tie is from his prison uniform. and right here there's a pin for the p.o.w. m.i.a., prisoners of war, missing in action. the note is saying he is dedicating his flag to all the other men who are still missing in action or prisoners of war in vietnam. a lot of times veterans, if they want to come see the things that they left, we are always willing to give them a tour and show them around. it also helps us because we can connect specific names, donors to what they left. we have a big