MILITARY POLICE CORPS MEMORIAL WALL
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Listing Details
Location: MILITARY POLICE REGIMENTAL WALKWAY
City: FORT LEONARD WOOD
State: Missouri
Zip Code: 65473
Type of Memorial: War Memorial Walls
Year Dedicated: 1969
Access: Military Base
Wars Commemorated: ALL WARS
Photograph By: MILITARY POLICE REGIMENTAL ASSOC
Submitted By: BETH BELLERBY
ORIGINALLY ESTABLISHED AT FORT GORDON, GEORGIA IN 1969, THE MEMORIAL CONSISTED OF A SINGLE PLAQUE THAT READ, “IN FERVENT HOPE THAT OUR FALLEN COMRADES WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN.”
TODAY THE MEMORIAL HOUSES 25 ADDITIONAL PLAQUES AND A SEPARATE MEMORIAL IN HONOR OF BRIGADIER GENERAL DAVID H. STEM. THESE PLAQUES SERVE TO RECOGNIZE MILITARY POLICE UNITS THAT CONDUCTED VARIOUS OPERATION AROUND THE WORLD.
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