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MONUMENTS and Memorials

IWO JIMA Monument in Washington D.C.

World War II Pointe du Hoc Ranger Monument

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Located on a cliff eight miles west of Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial, which overlooks Omaha Beach. It was erected by the French to honor elements of the American Second Ranger Battalion under the command of Lieutenant Colonel James E. Rudder. During the American assault of Omaha Beach on June 6, 1944, these elements scaled the 100 foot cliff and seized the German artillery pieces that could have fired on the American landing troops at Omaha Beach. At a high cost of life, they successfully defended against determined German counterattacks.

The monument consists of a simple granite pylon positioned atop a German concrete bunker with tablets at its base inscribed in French and English. The monument was formally transferred to the American Battle Monuments Commission for perpetual care and maintenance on January 11, 1979. This battle scarred area on the left flank of Omaha Beach remains much as the Rangers left it.

The World War II East Coast Memorial

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The Honolulu Memorial

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Memorials at Arlington National Cemetery

Spanish-American War Monument

TO THE SOLDIERS AND SAILORS OF THE UNITED STATES
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY
IN THE WAR 1898-99 WITH SPAIN

THIS MONUMENT IS DEDICATED
IN SORROW GRATITUDE AND PRIDE
BY THE NATIONAL SOCIETY
OF THE COLONIAL DAMES OF AMERICA

IN THE NAME OF ALL THE WOMEN OF THE NATION - 1902

IN HONOR OF MEMBERS OF THE UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES
WHO DIED DURING AN ATTEMPT TO RESCUE AMERICAN HOSTAGES HELD IN IRAN

25 APRIL 1980

BENEATH THIS STONE REPOSE THE BONES OF TWO THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED AND ELEVEN UNKNOWN SOLDIERS GATHERED AFTER THE WAR. FROM THE FIELDS OF BULL RUN, AND THE ROUTE TO THE RAPPAHANNOCK, THEIR REMAINS COULD NOT BE IDENTIFIED. BUT THEIR NAMES AND DEATHS ARE RECORDED IN THE ARCHIVES OF THEIR COUNTY, AND ITS GRATEFUL CITIZENS HONOR THEM AS OF THEIR NOBEL ARMY OF MARTYRS. MAY THEY REST IN PEACE.
SEPTEMBER. A. C. 1866.

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