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World War II Memorial. / 38.88944°N 77.04056°W / 38.88944; -77.04056. The World War II Memorial is a national memorial in the United States [1] [2] dedicated to Americans who served in the armed forces and as civilians during World War II. It is located on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial, commonly called the Vietnam Memorial, is a U.S. national memorial in Washington, D.C., honoring service members of the U.S. armed forces who served in the Vietnam War. The two-acre (8,100 m 2) site is dominated by two black granite walls engraved with the names of those service members who died or remain missing ...
Added to NRHP. July 27, 1995. The Korean War Veterans Memorial is located in Washington, D.C. 's West Potomac Park, southeast of the Lincoln Memorial and just south of the Reflecting Pool on the National Mall. It memorializes those who served in the Korean War (1950–1953). The national memorial was dedicated in 1995.
The Vietnam Women's Memorial is a memorial dedicated to the nurses and women of the United States who served in the Vietnam War. It depicts three uniformed women with a wounded male soldier to symbolize the support and caregiving roles that women played in the war as nurses and other specialists. It is part of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial and ...
Feb. 16—In the lobby of the Mann-Grandstaff VA Medical Center Friday, a group of veterans, patients and staff watched as two women, Betsy Scheiber and Judy Secrest, were presented with portraits ...
At 108 years old, Lucy Coffey is the world's oldest living female World War II veteran. Coffey served as a member of the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps, and KENS reports that last weekend, she was ...
English: The Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington DC Designed by Maya Lin. Date: 13 July 2009, 20:56:14 ... This image was originally posted to Flickr by Gary Lee ...
National Park Service volunteers escort WWII veterans to a wreath laying ceremony held by the Friends of the National World War II Memorial and the National Park Service in this file photo from ...