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THE STATE OF ARIZONA ERECTS THIS MONUMENT AS ITS TRIBUTE TO HIS VALOR, EXTRAORDINARY BRAVERY AND DISTINGUISHED SERVICE IN THE WORLD WAR AND GRATITUDE TO ALL HER SONS WHO SERVED. SEE ALSO-LT. FRANK LUKE JR. MONUMENT PLAQUE

TO COUNTER THE CLEVERNESS OF THE JAPANESE CRYPTOGRAPHERS, 29 NAVAJO MARINES WERE RECRUITED TO DEVISE A SECRET MILITARY CODE USING THEIR NATIVE LANGUAGE. SEE ALSO-NAVAJO CODE TALKERS MEMORIAL PLAQUES I & II SEE ALSO-ABOUT THE NAVAJO CODE TALKERS MEMORIAL ...

THE FOLLOWING NAMED INDIVIDUALS WERE ASSIGNED, EITHER PERMANENTLY OR TEMPORARILY, TO CAMP VERDE, ARIZONA TERRITORY. WHILE STATIONED HERE THEIR PERSONAL ACTION IN COMBAT WAS ABOVE AND BEYOND THE CALL OF DUTY, EARNING THEM THE NATION'S HIGHEST AWARD. SEE ...

THE MEDAL OF HONOR IS THE HIGHEST MILITARY DECORATION AWARDED BY THE UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES. SEE ALSO-ARIZONA MEDAL OF HONOR MEMORIAL PLAQUES A & B

THE ARIZONA KOREAN WAR VETERANS MEMORIAL IS DEDICATED TO THOSE ARIZONA MEN AND WOMEN WHO SERVED DURING THE KOREAN WAR JUNE 25, 1950-JULY 27, 1953.

SEE ALSO=CITY OF BISBEE WARRIOR MEMORIAL

SEE ALSO-CITY OF BISBEE WARRIOR MEMORIAL PLAQUE

THE MORMON BATTALION CONSISTED OF 500 VOLUNTEER SOLDIERS FROM AMONG THE MORMON PIONEERS. THEY WERE MUSTERED INTO THE UNITED STATES ARMY TO SERVE IN THE WAR WITH MEXICO.THE BATTALION WAS THEN ASSIGNED ITS UNIQUE MISSION: TO CARVE OUT A WAGON ROAD FROM NEW ...

THIS CAMP WAS NAMED FOR PRIVATE STEPHEN D. LITTLE, KILLED IN ACTION DURING THE BORDER TROUBLES WITH MEXICAN REVOLUTIONIST.

THE MORMON BATTALION, 101ST U.S. INFANTRY, CAMPED HERE DURING THE WAR WITH MEXICO.

THE MORMON BATTALION CAMPED HERE DEC 20, 1846 IN ROUTE TO CALIFORNIA WAR WITH MEXICO.

UNDER THE COMMAND OF COL. COOKE IN THE COURSE OF THEIR 2,000 MILE INFANTRY MARCH TO THE PACIFIC COAST, THE BATTALION ARRIVED AND RAISED THE FIRST AMERICAN FLAG IN TUCSON.

ON DECEMBER 16-17, 1846 THE U.S. 101ST INFANTRY (MORMON) BATTALION UNDER THE COMMAND OF COLONEL PHILIP ST. GEORGE COOKE PEACEFULLY OCCUPIED THE PRESIDO SAN AUGUSTIN DEL TUCSON.

IN 1845 GENERAL KEARNEY'S ARMY OF THE WEST GUIDED BY KIT CARSON FOLLOWED THE GILA RIVER FROM NEW MEXICO TO THE OCCUPATION OF CALIFORNIA IN THE MEXICAN WAR, THUS OPENING THE SOUTHERN SNOW FREE ROUTE TO THE PACIFIC COAST.

THE MORMON BATTALION, 101ST U.S. INFANTRY, CONSISTED OF 500 VOLUNTEER SOLDIERS FORM AMONG THE MORMON PIONEERS. THEY WERE MUSTERED INTO THE UNITED STATES ARMY TO SERVE IN THE WAR WITH MEXICO.

THE MORMON BATTALION, 101ST U.S. INFANTRY, CONSISTED OF 500 VOLUNTEER SOLDIERS FROM AMONG THE MORMON PIONEERS. THEY WERE MUSTERED INTO THE UNITED STATES ARMY TO SERVE IN THE WAR WITH MEXICO.

THE MORMON BATTALION, 101ST U.S. INFANTRY, CONSISTED OF 500 VOLUNTEER SOLDIERS FROM AMONG THE MORMON PIONEERS. THEY WERE MUSTERED INTO THE UNITED STATES ARMY TO SERVE IN THE WAR WITH MEXICO. THIS MEMORIAL MARKS THE APPROXIMATE SITE OF THE CROSSING OF THE ...

THE BATTALION, U.S. 101ST INFANTRY (MORMON) BATTALION, MARCHED 2,000 MILES TO SAN DIEGO WHICH IS THE LONGEST INFANTRY MARCH ON RECORD DEC 6, 1846.

U.S 101ST INFANTRY (MORMON) BATTALION. SERVED DURING THE WAR WITH MEXICO.

BRIGADIER GENERAL JOHN CAMPBELL GREENWAY ARMY RESERVE, ROUGH RIDER DURING THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR.

THE GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC WAS A FRATERNAL, CHARITABLE AND PATRIOTIC ORGANIZATION COMPRISED EXCLUSIVELY OF VETERANS OF THE CIVIL WAR WHO SERVED IN THE UNION ARMY, NAVY OR MARINE CORPS DURING THE PERIOD OF APRIL 12, 1861 TO APRIL 9, 1865. IT WAS FOUNDE ...

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SEE ALSO-ARIZONA VIETNAM WAR MEMORIAL

SEE ALSO-ARIZONA VIETNAM WAR MEMORIAL

IN HONOR AND MEMORY OF THE 616 ARIZONANS WHO GAVE THEIR TODAYS FOR OUR TOMORROWS DURING THE VIETNAM WAR SEE ALSO-ARIZONA VIETNAM WAR MEMORIAL PLAQUES A, B, & C SEE ALSO-ARIZONA VIETNAM WAR MEMORIAL LEFT SIDE PLAQUES SEE ALSO-ARIZONA VIETNAM WAR MEMORIA ...

THE GREATEST AMERICAN BATTLE OF WORLD WAR II. SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND AMERICANS FOUGHT IN BITTER COLD AND SNOW; 81,000 OF THEM WERE CASUALTIES; 19,000 OF THESE DIED. SEE ALSO-VETERANS OF THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE WAR MEMORIAL BACK

WE WERE THOSE WHOM OTHERS DID NOT WANT TO BE. WE WENT WHERE OTHERS FEARED TO GO AND DID WHAT OTHERS FEARED TO DO. JUNE 25, 1950-JULY 27, 1953 SEE ALSO-THE KOREAN WAR MEMORIAL SIDES B & C

SEE ALSO-BATTLE OF BIG DAY WASH MEMORIAL PLAQUE

AT THE BASE OF THE MEMORIAL ANCHOR ARE PLAQUES LISTING THE NAMES OF THE OFFICERS AND CREWMEN WHO DIED ON THE USS ARIZONA ON THE MORNING OF DECEMBER 7, 1941 SEE ALSO-ARIZONA WORLD WAR II MEMORIAL SEE ALSO-ARIZONA WORLD WAR II MEMORIAL ANCHOR PLAQUES A TH ...

SEE ALSO-ARIZONA WORLD WAR II MEMORIAL