By MATT KOESTERS
September 13, 2012
Motorcyclists congregate in the front parking lot of S & S Powersports in Clarksville as they wait to escort the American Veterans Traveling Tribute Vietnam Wall on a tour of the area on Wednesday evening.
CLARKSVILLE — Pearl Pearson of New Albany may not have worn the uniform, but she served the military during the Vietnam War. She’s one of the countless military wives that stayed behind while her husband fought in Southeast Asia, thousands of miles from home. She raised her three daughters and took care of the family finances while her husband was away.
“We’d get on the ground, put our knees down and put our heads down and pray beside the bed that their daddy and all the men and women would get back safe from the war,” Pearson recalled.
On Wednesday, Pearson was among the throng of supporters stationed along Veterans Parkway in Clarksville as an estimated 1,000 motorcycles and other vehicles escorted the American Veterans Traveling Tribute Vietnam Wall to the grounds outside of the Clarksville Municipal Building.
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