On Fort Argyle Road (Georgia Route 204) at Bush Road, on the left when traveling east on Fort Argyle Road.
Chartered in 1824, the Savannah-Ogeechee Canal was constructed between 1826 and 1830 by African and Irish laborers who moved thousands of cubic yards of earth. A boon to Georgia’s economy, the canal moved cotton, rice, bricks, and natural . . . — — Map (db m47921) HM
On Fort Argyle Road (State Highway 204) at Bush Drive, on the left when traveling west on Fort Argyle Road.
On Dec. 6 1864, the 15th Corps [US], Maj. Gen. P. J. Osterhaus, USA, the extreme right of Gen. Sherman's army on its destructive March to the Sea, forced a crossing of Great Ogeechee River at Jenk's Bridge (US 80 east of Blitchton) and drove the . . . — — Map (db m12080) HM
On Laroche Avenue, 0.2 miles north of Raleigh Drive.
In 1736, Noble Jones, John Fallowfield and Henry Parker settled this important outpost on the colony's inland waterway to the south and named it Isle of Hope. Jones' Wormsloe plantation was fortified and armed against Spanish attack until
1742. . . . — — Map (db m9151) HM
In 1736, Noble Jones, John Fallowfield and Henry Parker settled this important outpost on the colony's inland waterway to the south and named it Isle of Hope. Jones' Wormsloe plantation was fortified and armed against Spanish attack until 1742. The . . . — — Map (db m16387) HM
On Parkersburg Road south of Holcomb Street, on the right when traveling west.
The Isle of Hope Methodist Church was organized in 1851. The first Trustees were George W. Wylly, Simeon F. Murphy, John B. Hogg, William Waite, Theodore Goodwin, Thomas J. Barnsley and the Rev. William S. Baker.
The church building that stands . . . — — Map (db m15947) HM
Near Islands Expressway (U.S. 80), on the left when traveling east.
Built by Federal troops during the Civil War, in February 1862, Battery Hamilton prevented Confederate gunboats and reinforcements from moving down the Savannah River to aid the besieged Fort Pulaski. Its presence also allowed the Federals to . . . — — Map (db m55178) HM
On Augusta Road (State Highway 21/30) north of Drakie Road, on the right when traveling north.
Mulberry Grove which is located approximately 2 miles northeast from this marker is one of the most historic of the old Savannah River plantations.
In early Colonial days mulberry trees were cultivated at Mulberry Grove for use in Georgia's . . . — — Map (db m8064) HM
On Augusta Road (State Highway 21/30) north of Drakie Road, on the right when traveling north.
Near here stood Mulberry Grove, plantation home of General Nathanael Greene and Catherine Littlefield Greene. President George Washington twice visited the widowed Mrs. Greene at Mulberry Grove during the Southern tour of 1791. Traveling downriver . . . — — Map (db m18640) HM
On Shipyard Road, 0.2 miles east of Ferguson Road, on the right when traveling west.
Approximately 300 yards northeast of this marker there was located in colonial days a shipyard where at least one vessel capable of engaging in overseas trade was built. The creek on which it stood is known as Shipyard Creek. The site of the . . . — — Map (db m9399) HM
On Coffee Bluff Road at Old Coffee Bluff Road / Nicholsonboro Circle, on the left when traveling east on Coffee Bluff Road.
Nicholsonboro Community grew out of the turmoil of the last year of the Civil War and the first years of Reconstruction. General W. T. Sherman's Special Field Order No. 15 reserved the sea islands
from Charleston southward, plus abandoned rice . . . — — Map (db m9389) HM
389th
Bomb Group
565th
Squadron
In Memory of
"P T's Pirates"
Lt Paul T Wilkerson, Pilot
Lt Clyde S Sewell, Copilot
Lt Leroy S Campbell, Navigator
Lt Richard Sullivan, . . . — — Map (db m70229) WM
401st 612th
Bomb Group (H) Squadron
Crew of the
"Stubborn Jean"
1st Combat Related Aircraft Loss Of The 401st
T Neag Pilot POW
J P England Co Pilot KIA
Okey . . . — — Map (db m68466) WM
385th Bomb Group (H) 551st Bomb Squadron
Great Ashfield "The Mighty Eighth"
1st Lt. Harlan Leroy Cook
August 27, 1920 - May 2, 2006
Enlisted Army Air Corps April 1942
Pilot Training California and Arizona
April 22, . . . — — Map (db m68090) WM
Lest We Forget
20th Fighter Gp
Dedicated
By The
20th Fighter Group
Association
King's Cliffe, England
Aug. 1943-Oct. 1945
55th Ftr Sqdn KI
77th Ftr Sqdn LC
79th Ftr Sqdn MC
97th Serv Gp
In honor of our 85 . . . — — Map (db m64716) WM
Presented In His Memory
By The Family And Friends Of
2nd Lt Louis Howard
Bourgeault
"Our Hero"
1921-1997
427th Sq 303rd BG
Shot down by anti-aircraft guns over
Berlin Germany - June 21, 1944 . . . — — Map (db m69924) WM
In Memory Of Those Who Served
2nd Strategic Air Depot
Little Staughton Abbots Ripton
World War II 1942 1945
Soldiers Together -- Brothers Forever — — Map (db m64890) WM
The Can Do Group
Chelveston, England
March 1942 - September 1945
480 Combat Missions
2 Medals of Honor 2 Presidential Citations
In honor of all who served with the 305th, we proudly
dedicate this memorial to the 787 valiant . . . — — Map (db m65035) WM
In Memory Of
The
351st Bombardment
Group (Heavy)
Eighth United States Army
Air Force
311 Group combat bombing missions
were flown from this airfield over
occupied Europe between 1943-1945
175 B-17 Flying Fortresses and . . . — — Map (db m64457) HM WM
355th Fighter Group
And
Support Units
US 8th Air Force
Activated Orlando FL 12 Nov 42
Arrived UK 6 Jul 43
First Combat Mission 14 Sep 43
Last Combat Mission 25 Apr 45
Over 1500 E/A Damaged - Destroyed
Distinguished Unit . . . — — Map (db m65650) HM WM
359th, 360th, 361st
Hqtrs & Support Sqdns
413 Missions Flown - 278 Enemy Aircraft
Destroyed With Loss of 72 Personnel...
Operated From Martlesham Heath,
Ipswich, England From October 1943
To May 1945. This Memorial is a . . . — — Map (db m64881) WM
(North face)
In Honored Memory
To the gallant men of the 364th Fighter Group
who gave their lives for the freedom of our country
Greater Love Hath No Man
342 Missions
455 Enemy Aircraft Destroyed
Honington, England, 8th . . . — — Map (db m64792) WM
Alconbury, England
1945
Crew Of 1st Lt James Young
2nd Lt James Pearigen P
2nd Lt Leon Hammer N
S/Sgt Joseph O'Loughlin E
S/Sgt Paul Schuchardt R
S/Sgt Everett Miller NG
S/Sgt . . . — — Map (db m66641) WM
(West face)
The 384th Bombardment
Group (H) - 8th Air Force
of the
United States of America
flew from this airfield
1943 - 1945
(North side)
This Memorial is
a replica of the
Memorial presently
standing at . . . — — Map (db m66816) HM WM
(West Face)
392nd Bomb Group
8th Air Force
U.S. Army Air Forces
Station 118
Wendling
In Honor Of
825 Airmen
Who Gave Their Lives
And All Who Served
With Them At This Base
July 1943 - June 1945
(South Face) . . . — — Map (db m64145) WM
This Memorial Is Dedicated To The Everlasting Memory Of Those Air Crews And Support Units Who
Served So Gallantly In World War II
Station 131
Nuthampstead Hertfordshire, England — — Map (db m64250) WM
Flying bombing missions out of their base at Tibenham,England, during World War II, the 445th Bombardment Group (H), 2nd Air Division, flew B-24 Liberators deep into Nazi-held Europe. The 700th, 701st, 702nd and 703rd Bombardment Squadrons(H) . . . — — Map (db m66395) HM WM
8th Air Force World War II
The D-Day Leaders
B-24 Liberator
Heavy Bomber
Dedicated To The 447
Who Gave Their Lives
In The Cause Of Freedom
"Bungay Buckaroos"
704th 705th
Bomb . . . — — Map (db m65457) HM WM
Dedicated to those who served
in the 447th Bomb Group
during World War II
Rattlesden England
November 1943 to May 1945
Squadrons
708
709
710
711
447th Bomb Group — — Map (db m66560) WM
We came from all states of the
United States of America.
Some were so young, just out of high school,
But most in their late teens or young twenties.
Eager to do what they could to Preserve Freedom
We quickly learned our skills . . . — — Map (db m65700) WM
In Rememberence
Of Those Who Served In The
452nd Bombardment Group
Activated 1 June 1943
Deactivated 27 August 1945
728th, 729th,
730th, 731st Squadrons
Base of Operations-
Deopham Green, England
250 Combat Missions . . . — — Map (db m64756) WM
Dedicated in Reverent Remembrance of those gallant airmen of the 457th Bombardment Group (H), United States Eighth Army Air Force, Station 130 Glatton, England, who in the service of their country gave their lives that Freedom might prevail. — — Map (db m65955) WM
United States Army Air Force Station 120
Attlebridge Airfield
March 1944 - July 1945
Flew 231 Combat Missions
In B-24 "Liberator" Aircraft
In an air offense over the continent:
Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland . . . — — Map (db m65100) WM
434th 435th
Fighter Squadron Fighter Squadron
436th
Fighter Squadron 8th Air Force Wattisham, England 1944-1945
Lest We Forget "All The Young Men" Dedicated 17 Oct 1997 — — Map (db m66382) WM
To The Men Of The 487th Bomb Group (H)
Lost In Action 1943 -- 1945
487th Bomb Group (H) U.S. Army Air Force
836th Squadron 8th Air Force
837th Squadron Station . . . — — Map (db m66147) WM
Commander: Col. Ezekiel W. Napier
Dep Commander: Lt. Col. Leon R. Vance
Medal Of Honor
Dedicated to all who served with the
489th and a memorial to those of the
group who gave their lives in the cause
of freedom and human dignity . . . — — Map (db m65499) WM
England 1943-1945
In Memory of
Aheron F Barron L
Albert R Batson S
Albright E Bokina C
Allayaud D Bracken G
Allen J Bradford R
Allison R Buchmiller L
Baker W Cagle O
Barnum E Cala B
Calmes A Dimmick . . . — — Map (db m66912) WM
Dedicated To The Men Of The
801st / 492nd Bomb Group
Carpetbaggers
Special Operations
And Its Supporting
Units
Col. C.J. Heflin
LTC R.W. Fish
LTC J.W. Dickerson
Squadrons:
36th/856th:
LTC R.A. St. . . . — — Map (db m63922) HM
Lt Col Howard R Hinchman P
Capt Donald R Dahl CP
Lt Col Clarence W Neumann N
Capt Robert B Williams B
Col Ralph I Leslie P *
FLt Ralph E Williams CP *
FLt James T Ryan N *
FLt Veto A . . . — — Map (db m69485) WM
93rd Bomb Group (H)
WWII 8AF
Ted's Traveling Circus
Alconbury, England
In Memory Of
2Lt Howard R. Gilbert, Bombardier
T/Sgt David C. Miller, Engineer
S/Sgt John E. Collins, Gunner
S/Sgt Woodrow B. Murphy, Gunner
Who lost . . . — — Map (db m69619) WM
Alconbury and Hardwick, England
North Africa: Three Tours
WWII Strategic Bombing 1942 - 1945
In Memory of All Those Who Made The Supreme Sacrifice
In The Skies Over Europe During World War II
To Preserve Our Freedoms.
Dedicated To . . . — — Map (db m64040) WM
96th BG 339th BS
Shot Down 7th Mission 29 Nov 1943
1st Lt Linwood D Langley P *
2nd Lt Berline Cipresso CP *
2nd Lt Jessie E Orrison N •
2nd Lt Donald K Curtis B *
T/Sgt Walter F . . . — — Map (db m67088) WM
91st 324th
BG BS
A Crew Of Sky Queen
1st Lt George McEwen P
2nd Lt Frank Fornaca CP
2nd Lt Edward Hoevet B
F/O John Dickson N
S/Sgt Robert Cleveland E
S/Sgt Richard Hanley R . . . — — Map (db m109999) WM
305th Bomb GP (H) 366th Bomb Sq
Serial #42-29553 (Arky) - (Missy G)
In Memory Of Her Gallant Crew
MIA - Aug 12th, 1943
1st Lt Wright E Gerke P *
2nd Lt Thomas Read CP *
2nd Lt Joseph S Costa N *
2nd Lt . . . — — Map (db m67433) WM
In Honor Of
B/G John S. Allard
1897 - 1967
1917-18 Signal Corps (AAC)
Army Air Force - July 1942 - January 1946
Staff - 12th Air Force
Became Chief of Staff of Eighth Air Force
under Lt/General James H Doolittle
January 1944 . . . — — Map (db m66333) HM WM
44th BG 66th BS
B-24 Big Banner
Crashed Into Zuider Zee 22 Dec 43
FO Kent Miller P KIA
2nd Lt Charles E Taylor CP POW
2nd Lt Frank A Passavant N KIA
2nd Lt Donald E Shaffer B KIA . . . — — Map (db m67003) WM
BAD 2 Warton, England, was established under the 8th Air Force Service Command, September 5, 1942. Its mission: the modification and repair of military aircraft. War planes coming from the United States would be adapted to meet . . . — — Map (db m17126) HM
In Memory Of The
Courageous Airmen Of The
United States Army
8th Air Force
Who Against Overwhelming
Odds And Savage Defiance
Attacked And Severely Damaged
The Ball Bearing Factories In
Schweinfurt,
Germany
14 October . . . — — Map (db m63776) HM WM
3/6/44
388 Bomb GP 562nd Sqdn
P 1Lt Lowell H. Watts POW
CP 1Lt Robert M. Kennedy POW
N 1Lt Emmett J. Murphy POW
B 1st Lt Edward J Kelley POW
AE TSgt Joe B. Ramsey POW
RO TSgt Ivan N. . . . — — Map (db m68343) HM
The Boeing B-47 Stratojet bomber first
flew on 17 December 1947, It was America's
first swept-wing all jet bomber. There
were over 2,000 B-47's produced, more
than any other Free World bomber since
WWII. This B-47 Stratojet (Serial . . . — — Map (db m16622) HM
34th BG 18th SQ
"Butler's Bums"
Mendelsham, Eng
1st Lt Robert H Butler P
F/O Delbert L Reynolds CP
1st Lt Richard F Scully N
T/Sgt Dante Schifani E
T/Sgt Martin . . . — — Map (db m67064) WM
In Memory of
Capt. Alfred L. Goodman
1922 - 1995
Pilot Eighth Air Force
493rd Bomb Group 861st Squadron
Debach, England
Shot Down Over Magdenburg
On His 17th Mission
12 September 1944
POW Stalag Luft I
Until May . . . — — Map (db m68774) WM
458th Bomb Group
1943-1945
Capt Robert C Sellers
Lou Freiberg
Jim Graham
Harold Knox
Herbert Perry
James Smith
Wes Huntress
Horsham St Faith Norwich, England — — Map (db m66687) WM
95th
Bomb Group (H)
335th
Squadron
Crew Of Fritz Blitz
B-17F 42-30272
1st Lt P Eldon J Broman POW
FO CP John H Chaffin POW
2nd Lt N William H Fowler POW
2nd Lt B Paul D Guiteras POW . . . — — Map (db m67143) WM
100th Bomb Group 351st Squadron
Dedicated to the Crew of B17-G
Sugarfoot
Shot down over North Sea, 11 Dec. 43
enroute to Emden, Germany
1st Lt James R Haddox P KIA
1st Lt John L . . . — — Map (db m67332) WM
Eighth Air Force
95th Bomb Group 336th Squadron
Destiny's Tot B-17F
P R Smith E&E R A Mele E&E
CP W Booher E&E WG T Onesi POW
N L Feingold E&E WG R Adams POW
B W Tarkington E&E . . . — — Map (db m67204) WM
34th Bomb Group 18th Squadron
Dinah-Mite
2nd Lt George Mehling P
2nd Lt Wendell Huntley CP KIA
2nd Lt Russell Harris B KIA
FO Harrison Britton N
SSgt Steve Niatus E
SSgt Jack Share RO . . . — — Map (db m67055) WM
Near Bourne Avenue, 0.3 miles north of Louisville Road (U.S. 80), on the left when traveling north.
In honor of the many Mississippians who served so valiantly in the Mighty Air Force and in memory of those who have folded their wings.
“They shall not grow old, as we that are left grow old; age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. . . . — — Map (db m226440) WM
Near Bourne Avenue, 0.3 miles north of Louisville Road (U.S. 80), on the left when traveling north.
When our country and her freedoms were threatened by others, the sons and daughters of Tennessee answered the call of duty.
Many of Tennessee’s young men in World War Two became airmen of the greatest air armada on earth — their personal . . . — — Map (db m226441) WM
(West face)
In Honor of the Men and Women
Who Served in the Armed Forces of
The United States During the Period
June 1950 to July 1953
On 25 June 1950 the army of communist North Korea,
The Democratic Peoples Republic of . . . — — Map (db m51300) HM
96th Bomb Group 339th Squadron
Snetterton - Heath, England
1943 - 1945
Shot down on their 15 mission 4 Mar 1944
in A/C 42-30412 Mischief Maker II near Waterloo, Belgium
The first Air Force Mission to Berlin
P 1Lt Paul . . . — — Map (db m67346) WM
384th BG 545th BS
Lazy Daisy
Down over Magdeburg, Germany 28 Sept 44
1st Lt James J Brodie P KIA
1st Lt Lloyd O Vevle CP KIA
Capt George M Hawkins N POW . . . — — Map (db m68024) WM
The 379th led the 8th Air Force in all
categories under commanders Colonel
Maurice Preston and Colonel Lewis Lyle.
Colonel Lyle led the Grand Slam Group
through a period of excellence that
established it as one of the elite
fighting . . . — — Map (db m63735) HM WM
401st BG 614th BS
Shot Down May 30, 1944
Everingin Germany
P A L Kilmer POW
CP J M Hunter POW
N W C Griggs POW
B J H Wilson POW
RO R L Brooks KIA
E/TT D F Deitsch POW
BT E M Gormley KIA
TG . . . — — Map (db m68488) WM
Connecticut Yankee
Memphis Belle
Bassingbourne, England
Best known as the co-pilot of the famous B-17
The Memphis Belle, immortalized in William Wylers'
documentary film "Memphis Belle" in 1943. In 1990
Warner Bros. in Hollywood made a . . . — — Map (db m66191) HM WM
358th BS 303rd BG
Shot Down Over Bricey, Fr. 6 Feb 1944
Lt J E Bass P POW
Lt J R Burns CP KIA
Lt M B Abernathy N POW
Lt M S Zientar B POW . . . — — Map (db m67401) WM
A masterpiece of engineering, the F-4 was originally designed for use aboard Navy aircraft carriers. In 1962 the Air Force adopted a ground attack version of the F-4 after it had easily outperformed its F-106 in head-to-head competition. The F-4 . . . — — Map (db m13306) HM
Forever In Our Memory
The Crew Of
"Wham! Bam! Thank you, Ma'm"
Members Of The Rüsselsheim Death March
August 26, 1944
2nd Lt. Norman J. Rogers Jr. P
2nd Lt. John N. Sekul CP
F/O Haigus . . . — — Map (db m64292) HM WM
Introduced in 1951, the MiG-17 remained on frontline duty with many Warsaw Pact countries and their client states well into the 1980s. Developed too late for the Korean War, the MiG-17 went on to see action in Vietnam and in several of the African . . . — — Map (db m13307) HM
First Crew - 20 Missions
34th Bomb Group 7th Squadron
Mendelsham, England
1944-1945
Killed in Action
1st Lt Leslie C Carter Pilot
2nd Lt Robert A Koch Co-Pilot
2nd Lt John J . . . — — Map (db m67001) WM
388th BG (H) 561st BS
Pandora's Box
Down 10 Feb 44 - Nordlehne, Belgium
2nd Lt Phillip C Evans KIA Lowell, Mass
2nd Lt Lewis C Heatly KIA Granite, OK
2nd Lt William J DeVine POW Chicago, IL . . . — — Map (db m68400) WM
Deputy Lead, First Flight
D-Day and Next 23 Missions
Harold Morrison P Ty Shanley TG
Shot Down On Mission 34
* Dominic Yocco RO # Jim Moos B
# CB Murphy CP # Frank Wholley N
# Bill Rausch E # Allen Schneider BTG
# . . . — — Map (db m70248) HM WM
Near Triplett Park Drive (U.S. 80) 0.2 miles south of U.S. 80.
On Friday, December 9, 1864, the more than 11,000 troops of Union Major General Francis P. Blair, Jr.'s 17th Corps approached Pooler, Station No. 1 on the Central Railroad. Major General William T. Sherman noticed a column of soldiers marching in a . . . — — Map (db m127223) HM
(South face)
2nd Air Division 8th Air Force
United States Army Air Force
Under the Command of
Colonel Albert Shower
Flew 212 Combat Missions
5538 Aircraft Sorties
With losses of 235 airmen 46 aircraft
in B24 . . . — — Map (db m64287) HM WM
381 BG 534 SQ
Neil Wright Jr CP Edward McGlynn N Francis Petrillo B
Maynard Unger R Cecil Floura E
Robert Dwyer LW Julius Mann RW
Albert Pollard BT Joseph Lyons TG
Schweinfurt . . . — — Map (db m67979) WM
On U.S. 80 near Rogers Street, on the left when traveling west.
On Dec. 9, 1864, troops of Mower's division, 17th Corps, of Gen. Sherman's army (U.S.) , which was closing in on Savannah, advanced to Pooler after suffering losses through the day from artillery mounted on a RR flat car, torpedoes planted on the . . . — — Map (db m10630) HM
North McKenham 492nd Bomb Group
England Crew 715
The Ten Little Indians
Lt Irvan Gains P T/Sgt Archie MacIntyre RO
Lt Thomas Leggett CP S/Sgt Joyce Freeman G
Lt Walter . . . — — Map (db m68978) HM WM
96th 337th
Bomb Group Squadron
Sittin' Pretty
Lt Charles L Shinault P
Lt Harold L Barlow P
Lt John B Connell CP
Lt Rex L Maluy N
Lt Fred A Huston B
T/Sgt William H Wayland E
T/Sgt Robert L . . . — — Map (db m67216) WM
Near Bourne Avenue, 0.2 miles north of Louisville Road (U.S. 80).
In honor of
Staff Sergeant Oliver H. Lester “Bud”
325th Bomb Squadron 92nd Bombardment Group
A father, a husband, who loved and who was loved.
He loved his country and he loved the Mighty Eighth Air Force March 19, 1919 . . . — — Map (db m226470) WM
379th BG 527 BS
Kimbolton, England
P S W Cebuhar POW
CP D C Reopelle POW
N A M Thomas LBC
B R G Engstrand POW
NG L H Gates POW
FE L F . . . — — Map (db m67866) WM
In Memory
of
The gallant combat aircrewmen of the
USAAF, 8th, 9th, 12th, & 15 Air Forces
who were left in Switzerland, 1943-1945
during WW 2, with "Everlasting Friends" — — Map (db m63679) WM
In Memory Of Our Comrades Killed In
Action And Those From The Group And
Support Units Who Have Followed
Them In The Years Since VE-Day
Commanders: Col John B Henry, Col William C Clark
First Combat Mission: 30 April 1944 - Last . . . — — Map (db m65332) HM WM
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