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War memorials.

The American flag waves over the U.S. Marine Corps War Memorial, located near the Arlington National Cemetery and the Netherlands Carillon in Rosslyn, Virginia. Mr. Felix DeWeldon sculpted the memorial after the famous flag-raising scene at the Battle of Iwo Jima during World War II. The memorial is dedicated to all Marines who have given their lives in the defense of the United States since 1775. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USMC_War_Memorial
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The 32-foot-high figures are shown erecting a 60-foot bronze flagpole from which a cloth flag flies 24 hours a day in accordance with Presidential proclamation of June 12, 1961. They occupy the same positions as in Rosenthal's historic photograph. Hayes is the figure farthest from the flag staff; Sousley to the right front of Hayes; Strank on Sousley's left; Bradley in front of Sousley; Gagnon in front of Strank; and Block closest to the bottom of the flagstaff. The figures, placed on a rock slope, rise about 6 feet from a 10-foot base, making the memorial 78 feet high overall. The M-l rifle and the carbine carried by two of the figures are 16 and 12 feet long, respectively. The canteen would hold 32 quarts of water.

http://www.nps.gov/archive/gwmp/usmc.htm
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The base of the memorial is made of rough Swedish granite. Burnished in gold on the granite are the names and dates of every principal Marine Corps engagement since the founding of the Corps, as well as the inscription: "In honor and in memory of the men of the United States Marine Corps who have given their lives to their country since November 10, 1775." Also inscribed on the base is the tribute of Fleet Adm. Chester W. Nimitz to the fighting men on Iwo Jima: "Uncommon Valor was a Common Virtue."

The entire cost of the statue and developing the memorial site was $850,000--all donated by U.S. Marines, former Marines, Marine Corps Reservists, friends of the Marine Corps, and members of the Naval Service. No public funds were used for this memorial.
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Each of the 4,000 stars on the fountain wall at the World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C., represents 100 American servicemembers who died during the war.
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Laboe Naval Memorial in Kiel, Germany

"For those still on patrol"
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The Korean War Veterans' Memorial in Washington, D.C., features 19 statues, three of which are shown here. The statues are approximately seven feet tall and consist of servicemembers from all branches and many ethnic backgrounds.
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Thanks, Seafire!

This memorial is the Veteran's Memorial Walk in O'Fallon Missouri, honoring MIAs & POWs.
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North Korean P memorial to grenade-eaters.jpg
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No, thank you mr. Guano.

"In Aug. 1862, during the Second Battle of Manassas, Confederate Maj. Gen Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson's command occupied an unfinished railroad grade northeast of here, including the Dump, a gap in the grade heaped with construction stone. On 30 Aug., the Federals attacked, the 24th New York Infantry almost broke through. Out of ammunition, Confederates there and at Deep Cut to the west, began hurling rocks. Some startled Federals threw stones back before retreating as Jackson reinforced his line. The Rock Fight became a Southern legend."
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"High water mark" at Gettysburg
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11th Mississippi memorial at Gettysburg
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Russian P Leningrad Museum commemorating the 900-day
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Soviet war memorial in Berlin
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You are welcome, fag
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A memorial to the Spanish-American War.
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US memorial to War Dogs, New Jersey.
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Canadian National Vimy Memorial in Pas-de-Calais, France.

Commemorating the Battle of Vimy Ridge in WW1, I would guess.
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Wellington Arch, by Hyde Park in central London.

Commemorating England's successful wars against Napoleon.
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Soviet war memorial to the Great Patriotic War (WW2), in Kiev.
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Russian monument to the Afghan War.
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Russian memorial to the defense of Sevastopol.

In the Crimea, not California.
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Russian WW2 memorial at the Mamayev Kurgan, the highest point at Stalingrad.
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Soviet WW2 memorial of a soldier carving up a swastika with a sword.
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'No retreat, Moscow is behind you!'
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South Korean monument to Admiral Yi Sun-sin (1545–1598), victorious against the Japanese.
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German memorial for her wars in 1866, 1871, 1899 and 1918.

1866 - Austro-Prussian War (aka Seven Weeks War)
1870-1871 - Franco-Prussian War
1899 - not familiar with that one
1914-1918 - World War 1
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North Korean Arc of Triumph.

Yeah they got an Arc de Triomphe as well.
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North Korean memorial to the Fatherland Liberation War.
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French Arc de Triomphe at the place Charles de Gaulle, Paris.
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French Monument aux morts de la Légion étrangère or monument to the wars fought by the French Foreign Legion.
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French monument to the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71, aka the Lion at Denfert, a la Defense Nationale.
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French WW1 Douaumont Ossuary of the Verdun battlefield where 300,000 troops were killed & 500,000 wounded.
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Get the fuck out with that French bullshit.
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did you know that the building in the back has its wall full of soldier's bones ?
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French Monument
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I hate fucking veterans
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When did /hr/ become a bastion of retards?
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Bush flag on irak...

Frenchs think about reasons to send soldiers get killed on a war for corporates and media to make show on tv

sorry you can't yourself
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truth
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>>422138

The word you're looking for is 'nonsense', I believe.
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Dont disrespect the iwo jima memorial like that fag
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dur dur dur
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DULCE ET DECORUM EST1

Bent double, like old beggars under sacks,
Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge,
Till on the haunting flares2 we turned our backs
And towards our distant rest3 began to trudge.
Men marched asleep. Many had lost their boots
But limped on, blood-shod. All went lame; all blind;
Drunk with fatigue; deaf even to the hoots4
Of tired, outstripped5 Five-Nines6 that dropped behind.

Gas!7 Gas! Quick, boys! – An ecstasy of fumbling,
Fitting the clumsy helmets8 just in time;
But someone still was yelling out and stumbling,
And flound'ring like a man in fire or lime9 . . .
Dim, through the misty panes10 and thick green light,
As under a green sea, I saw him drowning.
In all my dreams, before my helpless sight,
He plunges at me, guttering,11 choking, drowning.

If in some smothering dreams you too could pace
Behind the wagon that we flung him in,
And watch the white eyes writhing in his face,
His hanging face, like a devil's sick of sin;
If you could hear, at every jolt, the blood
Come gargling from the froth-corrupted lungs,
Obscene as cancer, bitter as the cud12
Of vile, incurable sores on innocent tongues,
My friend, you would not tell with such high zest13
To children ardent14 for some desperate glory,
The old Lie; Dulce et Decorum est
Pro patria mori.15
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Wilfred Owen was some kind of god.
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samefag

Ya my hippy English teacher made me read that anti-war propaganda back in grade 10 (a decade ago). She was a radical feminist and was into wicca as well.

Also you're gay.
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When /n/ became transportation.

It started slowly, but has gained a lot of momentum since last spring, when the primaries started winding down. Now it's a haven for nutjobs of all stripes, all of whom are too vain and trollish to post in a text board. Learn to /newpol/, faggots.
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This is a war memorial for the Australian soldiers that were killed in the Boer War in South Africa. This memorial is in King's Park, a large botanical garden. Around this memorial are flowers and shrubs native to South Africa.
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Statue of Brothers in front of the Seoul War Memorial, South Korea.
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worst thread ever
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Two --of what appear to be-- US M107 175mm self-propelled guns in front of the South Korean War Memorial Museum in Seoul.
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Not enough granola and gay sex for you? Poor little baby. Have a good cry.
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Dover's War Memorial stands on the south-eastern side of the Town Hall and in front of Maison Dieu House.

The inscription reads:

"To the Glorious Memory of the People of Dover who gave their lives in the Great Wars 1914-1919, 1939-1945".

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...Granola?
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National War Memorial — Ottawa.

Those bearskin hats look hot.
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The love of 'granola' is a hippy reference.
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Oh, OK. Thanks for clearing that up.
More of the Ottawa National War Memorial.
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The Battle of Stalingrad was one of the turning points of the war in Europe and with casualties above 1.5 million, arguably the bloodiest battle in all of human history.

One of the most heavily contested sites within Stalingrad was Mamayev Kurgan, a hill overlooking the city. It is here where the USSR dedicated a memorial to the Soviet victory, the centrepiece of which is an absolutely enormous statue - “The Motherland Calls!” (”Rodina Mat’ Zovyot!”), which at the time of its dedication in 1967 was the largest sculpture in the world.
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that wall and the stone in front of it that has "freedom is not free" on it are the best part of the WWII memorial, everything else is just, meh
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is that commie eating the buttstock of his weapon?