ITEMS LEFT AT THE WALL

Vietnam Veterans Memorial (VVM) name rubbing for U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sergeant (SSgt) Robert Leo Babula upon a VVM Wall rubbing sheet. A note handwritten upon the obverse surface of the name rubbing reads, "TO: [SSgt Babula] / FROM: LCPL & Mrs. Adam Schmitt / You are not forgotten". The artifact was left at The Wall by U.S. Marine Corps Lance Corporal (LCpl) Adam Schmitt and his wife in November 1989.

VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL (VVM) NAME RUBBING FOR U.S. MARINE CORPS STAFF SERGEANT (SSGT) ROBERT LEO BABULA. THE OBJECT CONSISTS OF A RUBBED IMPRESSION OF THE VVM WALL HONOREE NAME, "ROBERT L BABULA" EXECUTED IN GRAPHITE PENCIL AND BLOCK SCRIPT UPON THE CENTER OF THE OBVERSE OBJECT SURFACE OF A VVM WALL RUBBING SHEET. THE WALL RUBBING SHEET CONSISTS OF A RECTANGULARLY SHAPED SHEET OF WHITE, UNLINED PAPER WITH A RECTANGULARLY SHAPED, BLACK PRINTED BORDER AND THE DATES OF AMERICAN INVOLVEMENT IN THE VIETNAM WAR, "1959" AND, "1975" PRINTED IN BLACK INK AND ARABIC NUMERALS WITH AN ACCOMPANYING QUOTATION FOR EACH PRINTED IN BLACK INK AND BLOCK SCRIPT/ARABIC NUMERALS AT THE UPPER, PROPER LEFT-HAND AND LOWER, PROPER RIGHT-HAND CORNERS OF THE OBVERSE OBJECT SURFACE, RESPECTIVELY. AN INSCRIPTION HANDWRITTEN IN BLACK INK AND BLOCK SCRIPT UPON THE OBVERSE OBJECT SURFACE (ABOVE AND BELOW THE RUBBED VVM NAME IMPRESSION) READS, "TO: / FROM: LCPL & MRS. ADAM SCHMITT / YOU ARE NOT FORGOTTEN".

Text of the printed, handwritten, & rubbed inscriptions upon the obverse object surface is transcribed in full, as follows: [Obverse object surface, upper, proper left-hand corner, printed inscription] "1959 / IN HONOR OF THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES WHO SERVED IN THE VIETNAM WAR, THE NAMES OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES AND OF THOSE WHO REMAIN MISSING ARE INSCRIBED IN THE ORDER THEY WERE TAKEN FROM US." / [Obverse object surface, lower, proper right-hand corner, printed inscription] "1975 / OUR NATION HONORS THE COURAGE, SACRIFICE AND DEVOTION TO DUTY AND COUNTRY OF ITS VIETNAM VETERANS. / THIS MEMORIAL WAS BUILT WITH PRIVATE CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. / NOVEMBER 11, 1982" / [Obverse object surface, handwritten inscription] "TO: / FROM: LCPL & Mrs. Adam Schmitt / You are not forgotten" / [Obverse object surface, center, rubbed inscription] "ROBERT L BABULA"

Item Weight: 2.3g
Item Length: 10.8cm
Item Width: 27.9cm