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The official dedication for the York County Vietnam Memorial will be Oct. 3, 11 a.m. at the York Expo Center

It will stand 16 1/2 feet tall. The black granite column will include the names of more than 100 soldiers from York County who were killed during the Vietnam War.

"Welcome Home" is carved into the base of the memorial -- something too few soldiers heard when they came home, said Tony Stabile, a member of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Committee.

Vietnam veteran Bill Fissel talks about his experience returning home and what the monument means to veterans.

I met four people this weekend that define peace.

William Jenkins, a WWII draftee, found himself in a German POW camp for his 19th birthday. He came home to Hanover and married a German woman.

Dalea Lynn's house was gutted by a fire and her husband was killed by police while in their custody in Springettsbury Township. She likes her Wrightsville neighborhood and has a poster on her front lawn supporting the local police.

James Abram, of South Carolina, and Bill Hoff, a resident of Jefferson, became lifelong friends in 1966 while fighting the Vietnam War. Sunday, the two men were followed by a combined family of 28 people.