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              <text>A Gay Vietnam War Veteran Gravesite</text>
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              <text>This is a photo of the tombstone designed by Leonard Matlovich, a Vietnam war veteran and gay rights activist.</text>
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              <text>The tombstone reads:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align:center;"&gt;NEVER AGAIN                       NEVER FORGET&lt;br /&gt;6 JULY 1943                          22 JUNE 1988&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A GAY VIETNAM VETERAN&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;WHEN I WAS IN THE MILITARY&lt;br /&gt;THEY GAVE ME A MEDAL FOR KILLING TWO MEN&lt;br /&gt;AND A DISCHARGE FOR LOVING ONE.&lt;/div&gt;</text>
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              <text>Reproduction and use of this material requires permission from the copyright holder. Please contact the Rainbow History Project for more information.</text>
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