160817 Memorial Groundbreaking 2

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Members of the Vietnam Veterans Association, Western New York Chapter #77, broke ground for a new "Remembering Vietnam" memorial at Veterans Park. The memorial will feature an AH1 Cobra Helicopter that was shot down in Fu Phi, Vietnam in 1972. All crew survived the crash that left them upside down in a rice patty, said Michael Walker, president of Chapter 77.