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Article: World War II Memorial comes into full view this week.
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- April 27, 2004
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Byline: David Goldstein
WASHINGTON _ The 4,000 gold stars glitter in the sunlight, representing the 407,316 Americans who died in World War II but, until now, have had no national shrine to salute them.
Now they do, as do their comrades who survived America's deadliest war.
The fences will come down around the World War II Memorial on the capital's National Mall this week, 17 years after it was suggested, 11 years after it was approved and three years after the bulldozers rolled in.
The memorial is a circle of tall granite columns with a pool, fountains and waterfalls set squarely between the Washington Monument and the Lincoln ...