. >> reporter: jan scruggs conceived the idea of building the vietnam veterans memorial but he never mementos would be left at the wall that a warehouse would be needed to store them. >> 300,000 items, actually more. >> reporter: a pair of boots. >> richard k. harper. >> reporter: a letter about henry lee bradshaw. >> he was killed by an ak-47. >> reporter: hats, purple hearts, so many dog tags. >> these dog tags were in the country of vietnam around the necks of these shoulders. these are authentic. >> reporter: scruggs, a vietnam veteran, started the memorial project with $2800 of his own money. he went on to raise $8 million. >> it was so sad whenever anybody died in vietnam because you just had a feeling nobody would ever remember them. that's why i had to have the names up there. >> reporter: more than 58,000 names. one of them, lieutenant colonel anthony shine, the air force pilot listed as missing in action in 1972. >> i think it's a place of honor. >> reporter: his daughter was 8 at the time. what's it like, even now, to just see his name there? >> i think one of the most ama

>> it's an amazing thing. >> reporter: for jan scruggs, remembering those lost was a comrade's debt ofwith every touch, with every memory left behind, that debt is being paid. barry petersen, cbs news, washington, d.c. >> pelley: and that's the cbs evening news for tonight. for all of us at cbs news all around the world, good night. >> this is 9 news now. >>> an unconscionable crime involving unspeakable trauma, those are the words of a u.s. attorney today following the bust of a fairfax street gang accused of operating a prostitution ring using high school girls. our report now from kristin fisher. >> reporter: so far investigators identified 10 victims in this case between the ages of 16 and 18. two of the girls were even beaten or cut with a knife when they tried to quit or refused to participate. these girls were recruited in school, at metro stations and especially on facebook. take a good look at this facebook page. it claims to be the profile of a girl rain smith, but fairfax county police say it's full

>> it's an amazing thing. >> reporter: for jan scruggs, remembering those lost was a comrade's debt ofwith every touch, with every memory left behind, that debt is being paid. barry petersen, cbs news, washington, d.c. >> pelley: and that's the cbs evening news for tonight. for all of us at cbs news all around the world, good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by >>> now, "entertainment tonight," the most watched entertainment newsmagazine in the world. >>> is this heidi klum's new man? the exclusive shots. >> feeding her spoon fulls. flirting. who is this mystery man? has heidi moved on since her split with seal? >>> new eva longoria, one-on-one with steve jones. >> what she's telling me about her love life and the "desperate housewives" trial. >>> titanic, the incredible underwater footage that you have never seen. >> look at that. unbelievable.

. >> reporter: jan scruggs conceived the idea of building the vietnam veterans memorial, but he never mementos would be left by visitors to the wall that a warehouse would be needed to store them. >> 300,000 items, actually more. >> reporter: a pair of boots. >> richard k. harper. >> reporter: a letter about henry lee bradshaw. >> he was killed by an ak-47. >> reporter: hats, purple hearts, so many dog tags. >> these dog tags were in the country of vietnam around the necks of these soldiers. these are authentic. >> reporter: scruggs, a vietnam veteran, started the memorial project with $2,800 of his own money. he went on to raise $8 million. >> it was so sad whenever anybody died in vietnam because you just had a feeling nobody would ever remember them. and that's why i had to have the names up there. >> >> reporter: more than 58,000 names, one of them lieutenant colonel anthony shine. the air force pilot was listed as missing in action in 1972. >> i think it's a place of honor. >> reporter: his daughter, colleen shine, was eight at the time. what's it like, even now, to just see his