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a great american, gary sinise, national spokesman of the disabled veterans light memorial foundation. robert vogel, superintendent of the national mall and memorial parks. michael mccoy, acting director of the national vh chaplain center. representing the disabled veterans life memorial foundation, are its passionate, hard-working board of directors who have been charged with erecting this memorial and they spent the last 16 years working on this and have given countless hours of time to ensure its successful completion. mrs. lois pope, co-founder and chairman of disabled veterans' life memorial. thank you. co-founder and president, arthur wilson. secretary dennis joyner. treasurer gene murphy. mrs. diane mussleman. roberto bobby barea. we owe all of them a deep debt of gratitude. another round of applause for all of their hard work. thank you for your work. and sadly, there are three men who made enormous contributions to the memorial who did not live to celebrate this special day. the honorable jesse brown, former secretary of veterans affairs and co-founder of the memorial. and boa

we will hear from veterans affairs secretary robert mcdonald and actor gary sinise.this is an hour and a half. >> good morning, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the dedication of the american veterans disabled for life memorial. it is with great leisure that we ceremony,our master current senior policy advisor in washington dc, the honorable ray lahood. >> good morning. day? this a glorious made even more glorious by all of you being here. we are making history today. ladies and gentlemen, honor dignitaries, longtime friends and family members, and of course our very special guests, the men and women who sacrificed on the battlefield as an eternal reminder of their service to our you with thelcome deepest of gratitude and thank you for joining us for this momentous occasion, the dedication of the american veterans disabled for life the morrill. at long last, we have arrived. [applause] 16 years of hard work and now inion, some dug just our five minute film, vision to reality. settingis a magnificent ? thank you to all those that made it happen. great care and tho

. >> actor gary sinise was also on hand for the dedication. he's a spokesman for the memorial. may remember, he played wounded vietnam veteran lieutenant dan in the film "forrest gump." >>> 5:48 now. it was an emotional tribute last night at gillette stadium during nbc's sunday night football game as the patriots showed their support for the daughter of a rival team member. this is devon still. you know his story. he's a defensive tackle for the cincinnati bengals. during a time-out in the third quarter, this is what happened. the patriots cheerleaders switched up their uniforms. they wore still's jersey, number 75. these are the patriots cheerleaders, now. they played a video on the big screen in support of still's daughter, leah. she's 4 years old. over the summer, she was diagnosed with stage four cancer. >> there's one point that stuck out to me. she was crying. and i remember her looking at me, and said to me, "dad, this is all your fault. you should have never brought me to the hospital." i broke down crying, because i didn't -- i didn't know what to say. >> devon still i

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actor gary sinise has helped to raise the money to build the memorial, and he says his commitment toed sparked with this film, "forrest gump." >> hey, hey, hey. i'm walking here. >> what's wrong with you. >> i'm walking here. >> get out of the way. >> i just found that there was something that i could do as a public person to recognize, first of all, what they were going through, show some gratitude and some appreciation and draw some attention. >> now we've got wars that are now winding down that are the worst in terms of wounds in the wars we've ever had. >> yes, and we're going to be feeling those residual effects from these wars for many, many years to come. i feel like all those soldiers, all those marines, all those sailors, all those airmen, they should at least, at the very least know that we are aware and that we care. >> reporter: and at this remarkable new site, they will. for "this week," bob woodruff, abc news, washington. >> amen to that. we all are aware. we all care. and now we honor our fellow americans who serve and sacrifice. this week, the pentagon announced the d

actor gary sinise has helped to raise the money to build the memorial, and he says his commitment tohe wounded sparked with this film "forrest gump." >> hey, i'm walking here. >> i just found there was something that i could do as a public person to recognize, first of all, what they were going through. show some gratitude and appreciation and draw some attention. >> these are the worst in terms of wounds we've ever had. >> we're going to be feeling those residual effects for many, many years to come. i feel like all those soldiers, all those marines, all those sailors and airmen should know at the very least that we are aware and we care. >> reporter: and this remarkable new site, they will. bob woodruff, abc news, washington. >> i remember during the iraq war how young all those guys were when i'd be embedded over there. 18, 19 years old. they gave up so much. and i am really thrilled to see they are being honored. >> they are coming back -- we always remember those who died. those who died. and we should honor them. but these guys who are coming back are trying to start their live

this actor, humanitarian and national spokesperson for the american disabled for life memorial, gary sinise> thank you for that wonderful introduction. welcome, everyone. special thank you to our past and present military here today. is an honor to be in your presence. that is my ride. first i would like to congratulate art and lois and the foundation board of directors who after a 16 year effort brought this memorial to reality. a magnificent tribute to the most honored guests of all here today, our injured veterans. [applause] >> and also, a special acknowledgment to the late jesse brown. i know that he is smiling today. in his farewell address to the nation in 1988 ronald reagan said that all great change in comerica begins at the dinner table. it is clear what president reagan meant. at these gatherings often with family members that one respect and admirers who have experienced and sacrificed much in life that one can have a meaningful conversations that stir our convictions, inspire us to action and bring us to an understanding of what life is really all about. in the late 1970s and e

a great american, gary sinise, national spokesman of the disabled veterans light memorial foundation. robert vogel, superintendent of the national mall and memorial parks. michael mccoy, acting director of the national vh chaplain center. representing the disabled veterans life memorial foundation, are its passionate, hard-working board of directors who have been charged with erecting this memorial and they spent the last 16 years working on this and have given countless hours of time to ensure its successful completion. mrs. lois pope,