Silent Conversation
Offerings at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial tell the unspoken stories of a generation. Vietnam Veterans Memorial Collection curator Duery Felton Jr. and his staff catalog and store every non-perishable item left at the Wall. Photographer Noel St. John records a sampling of the items at the Maryland facility where the collection is housed.
![(Photo by Noel St. John)](https://www.legion.org/sites/legion.org/files/styles/scale800w/public/legion/photo-album/93/2011-04-25/01_vvmc_rotor_blade.jpg?itok=ipk58epd)
(Photo by Noel St. John)
![(Photo by Noel St. John)](https://www.legion.org/sites/legion.org/files/styles/scale800w/public/legion/photo-album/93/2011-04-25/02_vvmc_nurse_cap.jpg?itok=XqgjiEJH)
(Photo by Noel St. John)
![(Photo by Noel St. John)](https://www.legion.org/sites/legion.org/files/styles/scale800w/public/legion/photo-album/93/2011-04-25/03_vvmc_cigarette.jpg?itok=9UjrCto2)
(Photo by Noel St. John)
![(Photo by Noel St. John)](https://www.legion.org/sites/legion.org/files/styles/scale800w/public/legion/photo-album/93/2011-04-25/04_vvmc_zippo.jpg?itok=7wx3CC1a)
(Photo by Noel St. John)
![FREEDOM IS NOT FREE: An elaborate diorama depiction of a POW camp, from a Michigan donor. (Photo by Noel St. John)](https://www.legion.org/sites/legion.org/files/styles/scale800w/public/legion/photo-album/93/2011-04-25/05_vvmc_pow_camp.jpg?itok=XuUq65pe)
FREEDOM IS NOT FREE: An elaborate diorama depiction of a POW camp, from a Michigan donor. (Photo by Noel St. John)
![(Photo by Noel St. John)](https://www.legion.org/sites/legion.org/files/styles/scale800w/public/legion/photo-album/93/2011-04-25/06_vvmc_diaper_pin.jpg?itok=zQPxQbxh)
(Photo by Noel St. John)
![(Photo by Noel St. John)](https://www.legion.org/sites/legion.org/files/styles/scale800w/public/legion/photo-album/93/2011-04-25/07_vvmc_navigator_tool.jpg?itok=sUwntW7I)
(Photo by Noel St. John)
![(Photo by Noel St. John)](https://www.legion.org/sites/legion.org/files/styles/scale800w/public/legion/photo-album/93/2011-04-25/08_vvmc_poppy_copter.jpg?itok=8Fexu3Sm)
(Photo by Noel St. John)
![(Photo by Noel St. John)](https://www.legion.org/sites/legion.org/files/styles/scale800w/public/legion/photo-album/93/2011-04-25/09_vvmc_buffalo.jpg?itok=tKmorlw8)
(Photo by Noel St. John)
![(Photo by Noel St. John)](https://www.legion.org/sites/legion.org/files/styles/scale800w/public/legion/photo-album/93/2011-04-25/10_vvmc_chopper.jpg?itok=k8iSP5aZ)
(Photo by Noel St. John)
![(Photo by Noel St. John)](https://www.legion.org/sites/legion.org/files/styles/scale800w/public/legion/photo-album/93/2011-04-25/11_vvmc_cross.jpg?itok=8m2ri23n)
(Photo by Noel St. John)
![(Photo by Noel St. John)](https://www.legion.org/sites/legion.org/files/styles/scale800w/public/legion/photo-album/93/2011-04-25/12_vvmc_ravioli_dinner.jpg?itok=p3lwRoXn)
(Photo by Noel St. John)
![(Photo by Noel St. John)](https://www.legion.org/sites/legion.org/files/styles/scale800w/public/legion/photo-album/93/2011-04-25/13_vvmc_kodachrome.jpg?itok=HyveJpAD)
(Photo by Noel St. John)
![(Photo by Noel St. John)](https://www.legion.org/sites/legion.org/files/styles/scale800w/public/legion/photo-album/93/2011-04-25/14_vvmc_assemblage.jpg?itok=L0vEHzW6)
(Photo by Noel St. John)
![(Photo by Noel St. John)](https://www.legion.org/sites/legion.org/files/styles/scale800w/public/legion/photo-album/93/2011-04-25/15_vvmc_tools.jpg?itok=SgAhsvQH)
(Photo by Noel St. John)
![(Photo by Noel St. John)](https://www.legion.org/sites/legion.org/files/styles/scale800w/public/legion/photo-album/93/2011-04-25/16_vvmc_walking_sticks.jpg?itok=hUCghIi3)
(Photo by Noel St. John)
![HELP YOURSELF: A donor offers a tissue to visitors overwhelmed by emotion during their visit. (Photo by Noel St. John)](https://www.legion.org/sites/legion.org/files/styles/scale800w/public/legion/photo-album/93/2011-04-25/17_vvmc_tissue.jpg?itok=wFUgeZa2)
HELP YOURSELF: A donor offers a tissue to visitors overwhelmed by emotion during their visit. (Photo by Noel St. John)
![(Photo by Noel St. John)](https://www.legion.org/sites/legion.org/files/styles/scale800w/public/legion/photo-album/93/2011-04-25/18_vvmc_ring.jpg?itok=mIdGNtBU)
(Photo by Noel St. John)