Waconia in Carver County, Minnesota — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)
Veterans Memorial
Photographed By K. Linzmeier, October 25, 2013
1. World War II Memorial
Inscription.
Veterans Memorial. .
World War II. Poland - Battle of the Atlantic - Pearl Harbor - Bataan - Corregidor - Coral Sea - Midway - Guadalcanal - North Africa - Bismarck Sea - Salerno - Tarawa - Kwajalein - Normandy - Southern France - The Rhine - Marianas - Leyte Gulf - Philippines - Iwo Jima - Okinawa - Japan
(Military Service Emblems).
(Veterans of Foreign Wars Emblem)World War II 1 September 1939 - 2 September 1945. Dedicated to those men and women of the Waconia community who were called and served their country during this World War.
...We were young. We have died. Remember us. GM2c Vincent W. Uecker · 11 Sep 1943 Pvt Donald A. Johnson · 6 May 1944 Sgt Frank Vojtisek · 27 Feb 1945 T Sgt Jerome L. Gorres · 13 Jun 1945 S1c George Wm. Greengo · 27 Sep 1945 (Veterans of Foreign Wars Emblem)Korean War 25 June 1950 , 27 July 1953. This Korean War Veteran's Memorial honors those men and women of the Waconia community who answered the call to "defend a country they never knew and a people they never met" and through their actions demonstrated that freedom must be vigilantly guarded.
"Lest We Forget... the Dead, the Missing, the Captured, the Wounded Freedom Is Not Free" (Military Service Emblems)Vietnam 28 February 1959 7 May 1975 In Honor of and Appreciation to Waconia Area Vietnam Veterans U.S. Casualties K.I.A. 58, 156 W.I.A. 303,704 M.I.A. 2,338 (Military Service Emblems).
World War II
Poland -
Battle of the Atlantic -
Pearl Harbor -
Bataan -
Corregidor -
Coral Sea -
Midway -
Guadalcanal -
North Africa -
Bismarck Sea -
Salerno -
Tarawa -
Kwajalein -
Normandy -
Southern France -
The Rhine -
Marianas -
Leyte Gulf -
Philippines -
Iwo Jima -
Okinawa -
Japan
(Military Service Emblems)
(Veterans of Foreign Wars Emblem) World War II
1 September 1939 - 2 September 1945
Dedicated to those men and women of the Waconia community who were called and served their country during this World War.
...We were young. We have died. Remember us.
GM2c Vincent W. Uecker · 11 Sep 1943
Pvt Donald A. Johnson · 6 May 1944
Sgt Frank Vojtisek · 27 Feb 1945
T Sgt Jerome L. Gorres · 13 Jun 1945
S1c George Wm. Greengo · 27 Sep 1945
(Veterans of Foreign Wars Emblem) Korean War
25 June 1950 — 27 July 1953
This Korean War Veteran's Memorial honors those men and women of the Waconia community who answered the call to "defend a country they never knew and a people they never met" and through their actions demonstrated that freedom must be vigilantly guarded.
"Lest
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We Forget...
the Dead, the Missing, the Captured,
the Wounded
Freedom Is Not Free" (Military Service Emblems)
Vietnam
28 February 1959
7 May 1975
In Honor of
and Appreciation
to Waconia Area
Vietnam Veterans
U.S. Casualties
K.I.A. 58, 156
W.I.A. 303,704
M.I.A. 2,338 (Military Service Emblems)
Location. 44° 50.991′ N, 93° 47.026′ W. Marker is in Waconia, Minnesota, in Carver County. Memorial can be reached from East Main Street west of South Spruce Street, on the left when traveling west. Memorial is in City Square Park. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 101 East Main Street, Waconia MN 55387, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Carver County Historical Society
555 West First Street
Photographed By K. Linzmeier, October 25, 2013
10. Sherman Tank, WW II
Sherman tanks are medium weight tanks used in World War II, starting in 1942. The United States developed Sherman tanks to fight Germany. The Sherman was smaller but quicker and less expensive to produce than Germany's tanks.
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on March 13, 2014, by Keith L of Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin. This page has been viewed 708 times since then and 28 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. submitted on March 13, 2014, by Keith L of Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin.