NBA Owners Donate Millions to Vietnam Memorial Project

Shauna Wright — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 20:21:53 +0000

NBA team owners Michael Heisley of the Memphis Grizzlies and Peter Holt of the San Antonio Spurs have made the largest private donations toward a project that will honor the 58,000 veterans killed during the Vietnam War and be located on the site of the Washington, D.C. memorial.

Holt, a decorated Vietnam vet who contributed $1 million and will match any donations made by other Texas residents, said, “We want to create an education center that puts faces to the names on that wall, but also help people understand as less and less people serve in the military what the military has done for the United States.”

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NBA Owners Donate Millions to Vietnam Memorial Project