EVANGELINE PARISH — In the quiet hours of the night, the names glow under the lights.

Thousands of stories are etched into the black panels of the traveling Vietnam Wall — stories that still live on in the memories of those who served.

For Capt. Chuck Trenchard, secretary-treasurer of the Veterans of Ville Platte, “remembering the war” means more than looking back. It’s about sacrifice — and about honoring the ones who never came home.

“Sacrifice,” he said. “We have this little expression that says, ‘All gave some, some gave all.’ They gave all." The wall, currently on display outside the Coushatta Casino in Kinder, has drawn a steady stream of visitors since it arrived.

For Sgt. Terry Courville, remembering Vietnam means remembering a time when coming home wasn’t something to celebrat

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