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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I live in Washington state in Coupeville wash where I was raised there is a place called FT casey it over looks water with artillery guns it is really something to see it army bunkers as well look it on goggle.
SSG MARK FRANZEN
USA VET
SSG MARK FRANZEN
USA VET
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Ft Sumter - for some reason I cannot imagine, someone thought that this was the place to start the civil war
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SSG Robert Perrotto
hard to say really - I understand that the union held the fort, and that Charleston was a major port for the confederacy, but actually firing on the fort was not actually needed.
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Didn't Marines get the title "Devil Dog" from the Germans at the battle of the Somme?
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Gettysburg, without a doubt, especially where Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain and the 20th Maine held Little Round Top, earning Chamberlain the MOH. The account of this in PBS' The Civil War still brings tears to my eyes as well as the Gettysburg Address closing the episode.
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After traveling around the world, I would have to Berlin was my favorite for a couple of reasons. First, i was stationed there after the wall coming down. Second, going to Templehof and exploring all the other prominent building in the city. Last, being able to go to Berlin Mittel, (former east Berlin) and Potsdam and seeing freedom bridge.
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Many years ago I visited a small church not far from the Yorktown battlefield. There I found graves of men who died in the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812 and the War between the States. It was a humbling experience to think of the American blood spilled in that area of Virginia over the first century of our nation!
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I just visited Ft. Robinson in NW Nebraska. It was established during the Indian wars and has a very rich history. It is the Fort were Chief Crazy Horse was killed, the Fort were most Calvary Horses were broke and trained prior to being sent to their rider, a German POW camp in WWII, a training school for WWII K-9s. Since its closer it was operated by the FDA for beef feed studies and is now operated by the Nebraska State Park system. We love visiting there.
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