Le Ly Hayslip rang the Bell of Mindfulness 11 times. Each time, Fr. Richard McSorley, WWII POW, and Jim Murphy of Vietnam Veterans Against the War lighted a joss stick for veterans and families to place in the grass along the memorial's powerful depiction of the untold costs of war and peace making. I know the war is still very near to the children of Vietnam and Iraq. But I feel Operation 11th Hour was a small part of something beautiful to help bring war to an end - even if just for our families and ourselves.
Peace has to start in each one's life - then hand to hand.
Many veterans were moved by the play.