Retired Marine Lt. Col. Bob Adelhelm says the city is degrading the honor of the Veterans Wall. The city is working to build a new Wounds of War monument.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — He served in the United States Marines for 23 years. Now, as a retired Lieutenant Colonel, Bob Adelhelm is working to get the city to reevaluate the criteria used to select veterans to be honored on the Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Wall. Lt. Col. Adelhelm says the rules have gotten so loose that the honor of the wall is being degraded.
He questions why Jenkins' name is on the wall with a veteran who is not a hometown veteran, in his words. Out of respect for all veterans, Adelhelm doesn't want to give his name, but says,"He went to high school in New Hampshire." Then he served overseas and was in Jacksonville serving with the Marine Reserves. However, the colonel says, he"was shot in a domestic violence dispute in New Hampshire and is buried in New Hampshire.
Harrison Conyers, who is the head of the city's Military and Veterans Affairs Department, wants people like Hansen and Adelhelm to know the city is not insensitive to their concerns. The city is seeking designs from artists around the nation for a"Wounds of War" monument, which Conyers says will be a substantial monument outside the VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena across from the police memorial in front.Conyers says he got some ideas for the monument when he was on trips to historic sites with his family and observed what other areas do.
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