Rebirth 79: I opened a bank in the United States

Chapter 394

"Army ROTC cadets. Your training location is not at Yale College. You will be assigned to the Nathan Hale Battalion of the ROTC [-]nd Brigade along with the Army Cadets at the University of New Haven and Southern Connecticut State University."

"The training location is in the west of New Haven. Except for the daily basic queue and physical training, you will train with Air Force and Navy cadets at the Yale headquarters. For the rest of the elementary courses, you need to go to West Haven."

In the office of the Yale Military Science Department, a man in the uniform of an Air Force colonel staged a Sichuan opera in front of Carter and Rick: face changing!

From the ecstasy when I heard that two freshmen registered for the ROTC program, to the disappointment when I heard that they were both Army programs.The expression on the face changes, that is called a rapid.
After telling the two of them the address of Camp Nathan Hale impatiently, they politely kicked them out of the office.Carter, who was kicked out by the Yale Department of Military Science, looked at each other, and a small feeling of sharing weal and woe emerged spontaneously.

"Go to that Nathan Hale report first?"

"Go for it, you can save tuition fees! If you don't report it, the Ministry of National Defense won't pay you!"

"Isn't Army ROTC Command paying?"

"Never mind him, anyway, we don't have to pay for it ourselves!"

Talking and laughing on the road, the two chatted one after another.When he was within Yale, Carter could still meet many students coming and going.
Speaking of it, Yale University is one of the few so-called "walking campuses" in the United States, which means that the entire campus area is not very large, or that the location of the teaching buildings is relatively concentrated, and most classrooms can be reached within 15 minutes on foot. .

Strolling in such a school, Carter somewhat returned to the feelings of his college days in his previous life.At first glance, these Yale students, except for the difference in skin color, are no different from Carter's classmates back then, at least on the surface, there is no clue.

"What design does that Asian guy know?! What the hell is this?!"

"Henry, don't talk nonsense! She is also our classmate! And the architecture critic Eckart of the Washington Post also posted comments. Didn't it clarify Maya's design concept? I think it's very good: it goes deep into the ground, and The monuments lined up on both sides are like a wound, like war is an unhealed scar in the history of our human civilization, especially for those veterans of the Vietnam War."

"What do you know? Do you understand what the Vietnam War soldiers thought? How do you know this is a kind of pain? Well, I admit that our battle was a bit imperfect, but because of this, when the situation is obviously not good , But the soldiers who still insist on fighting make us admire even more! Their monument should not look like that."

To go to Camp Nathan Hale in West Haven, it is natural to go west.Going west along Church Street, as they passed the Yale School of Art, Carter and Rick heard such conversations in their ears.

The attention of the two who just fell into the blank window of the topic was attracted.Rick took the opportunity to ask:
"Carter, what do you think of this matter? What do you think of Maya Lin's works? If you put aside her Yale student status, you can make a fair and objective evaluation as much as possible."

"You mean the Vietnam Veterans Memorial?"

From the discussions of the students beside him, Carter probably guessed what the topic was about.But how did he care about this monument? !
However, he has never cared about this monument in this life, but he seems to have heard of it in his previous life:

"Since the judges of the art jury have selected it, it naturally proves that its artistry is impeccable. As for other aspects, sorry, in my opinion, monuments are more for living people to see."

"In the eyes of the living, there is respect for the dead, so even putting a bouquet of wild flowers on the side of the road on the small slope of a random grave is also a respect for the dead. If the eyes of the living have already Without them, no matter how magnificent the monument is, it will be in vain."

Combining the reports of the continuous stream of tourists at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington DC in his previous life, and adding a little bit of his own understanding, Carter shrugged and responded.

"I forgot where I saw a saying that we humans will experience three deaths in this life. The first death is when your heart stops beating and your brain waves no longer fluctuate. This is a physical death; the second time Death is when relatives and friends come to your funeral to bid farewell to you. This is the death of a person in society. The third death is when the last person who remembers you passes away. No one in this world remembers that you ever came. This is the ultimate death!"

"Perhaps the purpose of building the monument is to prevent these so-called heroes from being forgotten, and to prevent these soldiers who have given their lives physically from ushering in a real and complete death. Even when their elderly parents pass away, It is still possible for someone to see the name on the inscription when passing the monument. Even if it is whispered softly, it is also a call to the dead. Personally, I think that as long as this can be done, we will not let them Completely disappearing from this world is the greatest respect!"

"So you don't pay much attention to the external form of the monument?"

Rick seemed very interested in the slightly novel statement of "three deaths of human beings".But after hearing the second half of Carter's words, I felt a little bit of agreement in my heart, but changed my mind:
"No, no! Even in your words, the monument is for the living. It should also pay attention to the form, at least let our next generation, the next generation, those who don't know the deeds of these heroes see it at a glance. , you can feel the solemnity. Then go to inquire about their deeds and so on."

"Uh huh, then you say yes. In fact, I don't even know what they are discussing, which is what the work designed by our Yale classmates is like!"

"Then why don't you go and have a look? I seem to have noticed it when I came here. There is an announcement in the Art Institute, and then there is the Department of Architecture."

"Is there enough time? We still have to report!"

"It should be in time, and it won't take long to take a look."

Speaking of this, Carter no longer refused.Following Rick in a good manner, he turned into the courtyard of the Academy of Art, and at the bulletin board on the first floor of Building 202 at the entrance, Carter saw the controversial work.

The entry for the competition was 1026, a monument composed of two mirror-like black granite walls.The two granite walls form a "V" shape. At the intersection of the bottom of the "V", it goes three meters deep into the ground. As the wall gradually splits into two sides, it gradually rises to the surface.The walls are engraved with the names of more than [-] soldiers who died in the Vietnam War.

After watching the design work that was selected as the first, Carter turned his attention to the second next to it.Carter couldn't help frowning when he saw the second-placed work.

Simple sculptures of three Vietnam soldiers, no creativity at all, even Carter couldn't connect this sculpture with the monument.
If it’s just that, that’s all. As if for the sake of political correctness, the sculptures of the three soldiers have to be made into a white man, a black man and a Latino character model.

It seems to convey the family of all races in the United States, but why do you really want to think so, don't put the white soldier sculpture in front of the black and Latino soldiers? !

They shouted that everyone is equal, and then secretly made the status of white people obviously surpass other ethnic groups.I have to say, this is very American
(End of this chapter)