Mission Accomplished ... For Now
The Wall’s been built, so what was 
the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund 
to do with itself once it achieved 
its original goal? Plenty — and that’s 
just fine with its donors.
Wheeler helped Scruggs recruit support from Vietnam-era veterans who had deep ties in the professional community. From there, word began to spread. According to Arbogast, things really took off when comedian Bob Hope was recruited as the face of a formal direct-mail campaign.
"Word started to spread, and money started coming in," he says. "Maybe you would get 50 cents in an envelope or $1.50, $2, $5. It picked up steam, and more and more people were interested in getting involved.
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