Jan Scruggs
Jan Scruggs is best known for being the founder of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. Scruggs served as a corporal in the 199th Light Infantry Brigade, and upon completion of his service attended American University in Washington, D.C where he obtained a master's degree in counseling. During the course of graduate studies, Scruggs came up with the idea of a memorial to honor the veterans of the Vietnam War, and began to raise funds after the United States Congress did not take action. The effort began with $2,800 of his own money and eventually raised over $8 million, coming mostly from private donations. The memorial was dedicated in November 1982.
Scruggs is now a motivational speaker, attorney and author of three books dealing with the Vietnam War, To Heal A Nation (with Joel L. Swerdlow) Why Vietnam Still Matters, The War and The Wall and, "The Wall That Heals"
To Heal a Nation was also made into a television film, with Eric Roberts as Scruggs, Glynnis O'Connor as Scruggs' wife, Becky, and Marshall Colt as Jack Wheeler.
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