Which historic military sites have been the most memorable for you?

I bet! There's a lot of history in the US! I love the story of how it shaped our country. I have seen a few smaller Indian war sights in the south but nothing like in the Carolinas. One day I will get there.

So many to see...I've been to many of the major & some of the smaller ones after retiring down South, planning on one day touring about w/my wife and our furbabies.

If you get the Chance check out Cold Harbor, the story and the place will give you pause

SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth I worked in Vicksburg for about 4 years. The history in the city covers the entire city, not just the military park. Pretty Amazing.

My later Father in law then SSgt Salvatore LaMacchia, US Army, went ashore via landing craft at Okinawa. He had already made the beachhead landing on Guam to take it back from the Japanese. He also went ashore via landing craft on another Japanese held Island between Guam and Okinawa which was South East of Okinawa. Going ashore via landing craft of three separate Japanese held Islands, He sure paid His dues.

You can still see the scars in Guam also

SFC Dave Beran I agree: Gettysburg due to it's importance in the Civil War and Little Big Horn because it was on the High Ground and reflected General Custer's attitude in general!

Little Big Horn's on my Bucket List!!!

What is funny with thes choices is tht without Custer's audacity we might have lost at Gettysburg, or at less made it less decisive. the same characteristics let the good guys win at the Little Big Horn

SGT Rich Levesque - My wife and I visited Little Big Horn Battlefield National Park on a ride to California on our Harley. They have markers where the individual soldiers fell, they are clustered in groups of 2's and 3's except for the monument where Custer fell. I was struck at how lonely the battlefield was, the men died virtually alone or in small groups, not as a unit. The exception was a company that made a stand in a formation of rocks, the Cheyenne and Sioux considered them the bravest of all the troops they fought. They held out until low on ammo and when they tried to leave the battlefield, they were picked off one by one. For a military man or woman it is a touching place to see.

Thank you. I have too many to post. Please do yourself a favor and visit Chatteau Thierry, France when you come over here.

Je le marquerai comme un endroit à voir sur mon atlas. Merci pour la recommandation SFC (Join to see)

You're welcome

Yes, Sir! It must've been an incredible sight to see. Going to try my best to take a trip over to Normandy before we PCS Germany.

I agree. Normandy, to include Point du Hoc, Omaha and Utah beaches were very memorable. I have read many accounts of the battles at PdH and Omaha, but until one visits the sites, you can't appreciate the level of difficulty the invasion forces had on June 6th. One thing I have to say, and this is in no way a slight to the 4th ID, but in comparison to what the troops on Omaha had to deal with, Utah was a cakewalk