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There are some truly amazing memorials out there, whether in Washington, DC, at a hometown location, OCONUS, or anywhere else around the world; many are epic works of art in their own right, some are well known (with a national or international audiences), while others quietly tell their story relatively unknown to the masses. So, what's your most memorable military or military-related display or memorial? Where's it located and how/why does it move you? What is it that you find most compelling about the memorial or location? What makes this particular place or time unique, interesting, thought-provoking, moving, or special to you? Please feel free to share your stories, photographs, links, video or anything else needed to tell your story. This should be both fun and informative, and we'll get to learn a bit of history, context, and a little bit about each other in the process; thank you for all that you do, and... see you all in the discussion threads!
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I visted Hawaii on leave in January and saw the Pearl Harbor Memorial and the U.S.S. Missouri (Mighty Mo) Memorial.
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The California Capitol park has many memorials covering its history. The California Veteran's Memorial is one of my favorite. It covers all members in all services on one obelisk. We are all veterans serving one purpose.<div><br></div>
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When I was a young teen (just a few years ago, I swear) my mom and I went to Washington, D.C. For the first time. While there, I got to see the Vietnam memorial. To this day, that one single visit still impacts me when I think or talk about it
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the American Cemetery in Manila, Philippines, is my favorite. It has huge mosaics of all the major battles in the pacific and huge marble walls with all the dead from WW2 pacific on them. Plus a beautiful location on a hilltop in a nice part of town. Awe inspiring.
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memorial for the soldier who lost there lives in Afghanistan from July 2009-July 2010 in 5-2SBCT Memorial in Puyallup, WA. 3 soldiers on there from my company B Co 4-23 IN RIP SGT Smith, SGT Reynolds and SPC White KIA 24 Sept 2009 in Omar Zai in the Zabul Province.
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Kentucky Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Frankfort, KY. "<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">The blue-gray granite plaza of the Memorial contains the names of Kentucky’s 1103 citizens who died. Each name is precisely located so the shadow of the sundial pointer, or gnomon (pronounced ‘noman’), touches each veteran’s name on the anniversary of his death. Thus, each individual is honored with a personal tribute."</span>
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<p>A great thread and website on an outstanding planned veterans memorial, thanks to SGT Newman for sharing, see links below for both the memorial information and a dedicated thread for the memorial... thanks again!</p><div class="pta-link-card"><div class="pta-link-card-picture"><img src="http://www.sfveteransmemorial.org/SubMainImages/spacer.gif"></div><div class="pta-link-card-content"><div class="pta-link-card-title"><a href="http://www.sfveteransmemorial.org/SFVM_NarduliCochran.html" target="_blank">San Francisco Veterans Memorial</a></div><div class="pta-link-card-description">For half a century, the octagonal lawn in Memorial Court has served as a little-known repository of earth from lands where Americans fought and died. On this same site, an octagon of faceted planes of...</div></div><div style="clear: both;"></div><div class="pta-box-hide"><i class="icon-remove"></i></div></div><div class="pta-link-card"><div class="pta-link-card-picture"><img src="https://www.rallypoint.com/assets/fb_share_logo.png"></div><div class="pta-link-card-content"><div class="pta-link-card-title"><a href="https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/after-more-than-75-years-the-san-francisco-veterans-memorial-groundbreaking-on-20-mar-14?c=1" target="_blank">RallyPoint | After More Than 75 Years the San Francisco Veterans Memorial Groundbreaking on 20 MAR 14</a></div><div class="pta-link-card-description">At noon on Thursday March 20th the ground will finally break for the start of construction on the San Francisco Veterans Memorial. If you are in San Francisco, go down and lend your support.Take a loo...</div></div><div style="clear: both;"></div><div class="pta-box-hide"><i class="icon-remove"></i></div></div>
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I realize this is ostentatious, however, the greatest military memorial is the exercise of liberty.<div><br></div><div>That being said, I do like the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in DC. I am one of the fortunate children of that generation. My father and both uncles served in Vietnam. My father and one uncle were in the Army, the other uncle in the Air Force. </div><div>They all came home.</div>
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</font><p style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10pt;'><font color="#000000">The National Guard Memorial at Omaha Beach is one of my favorites. This memorial honors all those “citizen-soldiers”
of the National Guard who served in Europe in World War I and II. National
Guard units landed as part of the Normandy assault on June 6, 1944. On the ends
of the memorial are bronze plaques thanking the people of Vierville-sur-Mer for
helping to build and preserve this memorial and the valiant Free French Forces
who also fought to liberate this land. The inside walls of the memorial are
inscribed with the stirring story of the National Guard units who fought during
World Wars I and II</font></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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</font><p style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10pt;'><font color="#000000">The National Guard Memorial at Omaha Beach is one of my favorites. This memorial honors all those “citizen-soldiers”
of the National Guard who served in Europe in World War I and II. National
Guard units landed as part of the Normandy assault on June 6, 1944. On the ends
of the memorial are bronze plaques thanking the people of Vierville-sur-Mer for
helping to build and preserve this memorial and the valiant Free French Forces
who also fought to liberate this land. The inside walls of the memorial are
inscribed with the stirring story of the National Guard units who fought during
World Wars I and II</font></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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<p>Great news of a planned 'Medal of Honor Museum' at the Patriots Point Naval and Maritime Museum in Mount Pleasant, SC.</p><p>http://www.patriotspoint.org/explore_museum/medal_of_honor_museum/</p><p> </p><div class="pta-link-card"><div class="pta-link-card-picture"><img src="http://www.patriotspoint.org/images/layout/map/map.gif"></div><div class="pta-link-card-content"><div class="pta-link-card-title"><a href="http://www.patriotspoint.org/explore_museum/medal_of_honor_museum/" target="_blank">Patriots Point - Explore Museum - Medal of Honor Museum</a></div><div class="pta-link-card-description"></div></div><div style="clear: both;"></div><div class="pta-box-hide"><i class="icon-remove"></i></div></div><div class="pta-link-card"><div class="pta-link-card-picture"><img src="http://www.mohmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/patriotspoint_foundation.png"></div><div class="pta-link-card-content"><div class="pta-link-card-title"><a href="http://www.mohmuseum.org/" target="_blank">Home - National Medal of Honor Museum Foundation</a></div><div class="pta-link-card-description">The National Medal of Honor Museum Foundation is a non-profit educational institution created to design, fund, build and maintain the new museum.</div></div><div style="clear: both;"></div><div class="pta-box-hide"><i class="icon-remove"></i></div></div>
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