Posted on Apr 16, 2017
Which historic military sites have been the most memorable for you?
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Since many of us have the opportunity to travel the world and visit historic battlefields, which sites would you say have been the most memorable for you? For me, it has to be Belleau Wood with a good Marine buddy of mine, and the site where the 3rd Infantry Division adopted the nickname, ''Rock of the Marne'' in Mezy, France.
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SFC (Join to see),SFC (Join to see) The first great battlefield I saw was Shiloh. It created a love for other civil war sites.
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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.
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SFC Charles Temm
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.
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1stSgt Nelson Kerr
If you get the Chance check out Cold Harbor, the story and the place will give you pause
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SCPO Morris Ramsey
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.
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They are all good Kennesaw Mountain Battlefield, Gettysburg, Patriots Point South Carolina, USS North Carolina Wilmington North Carolina, USS Missouri USS bowfin and USS Arizona Memorial Pearl Harbor, Siegfried line Germany Saar and Fort Sumter. Too many unique places including the Queen Mary in Long Beach California.
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Gettysburg, have read about it since high school and have done numerous tours over the years ,for some reason the place fascinates me,the last one was run by retired Marine gunny his knowledge of the battle from both sides ,Union and Confederate was amazing.
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Okinawa. This place was the site of one of the largest battles ever that lasted a month, and the location of Hacksaw Ridge. When you see the caves and jungle they fought through, it's just unreal. The Soldiers and Marines had to do WW1 style charges up cliffs. Tanks couldn't fit, and naval and artillery fire couldn't knock them out. A third of the entire population died.
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SMSgt Lawrence McCarter
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.
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Gettysburg, Little Big Horn, Alamo and numerous skirmish sites thru Nebraska.
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CSM Charles Hayden
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!
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1stSgt Nelson Kerr
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
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Sgt Michael Sayles
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.
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Great pictures! I hope to see some of these sights on our travels one day. Especially when we go to Europe in a few years. Thank you for sharing SFC (Join to see)
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SFC (Join 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.
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Je le marquerai comme un endroit Ă voir sur mon atlas. Merci pour la recommandation SFC (Join to see)
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I am lucky enough to have been many places, but by far... it is Normandy, Point Du Hoc, and the American Cemetery, no question... Just imagine... if that mission failed... And, how and why it succeeded....
I am lucky enough to have been many places, but by far... it is Normandy, Point Du Hoc, and the American Cemetery, no question... Just imagine... if that mission failed... And, how and why it succeeded....
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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.
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CPT Ian Stewart
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
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Gettysburg, PA; Antietam, MD; Malvern Hill, VA; Guilford Courthouse, NC; New Bern, NC; Fort Ligonier, PA; Okinawa, JA (Shuri Castle); Bataan and Corrigedor, Philippines; and any number of other sites, all of which (to me) are sacred ground on account of the blood shed there. I haven't been to Europe, but if I do I'd like to visit Belleau Wood and Culloden.
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Jungle warfare training site mountain area Okinawa. We were still finding equipment, ordnance, personal effects and bones during training 1970.
The Rock of the Marne print shown was displayed in nearly every federal building and post office constructed during the 1930"s
The Rock of the Marne print shown was displayed in nearly every federal building and post office constructed during the 1930"s
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