Wilkes-Barre in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Vietnam Veterans Memorial
"Valiant Veteran"
Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., November 20, 2017
1. Vietnam Veterans Memorial Dedication
Inscription.
Vietnam Veterans Memorial. "Valiant Veteran".
To those who served and those who gave their lives in South-East Asia during the Vietnam War 1960 - 1975
[Roll of Honored Dead]
Description of the Sculpture for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
This Monument of the Vietnam War Memorial for Luzerne County is a depiction of a heavy gauge bronze sculpture with a natural sulfide bronehantite patina set atop a slate base. The base is 10' long, 6' 10" wide, 2' high. The sculpture atop measures 10' high, for a total of 12' from the ground. The figure of the valiant veteran is 8' 5" tall from toe to head, or 1.43 times life size.
The warrior, wearing combat fatigue pants and boots holds a broken K-Bar Knife and stands atop the shield - the Keystone of Pennsylvania, an allegory to the return of the spartan soldier to the intonation "with it or on it." In the figure's left hand is a crown of stars symbolizing the branches of the Armed Services taken from the brow - his head turned in grief.
Behind the figure stands the symbols of Vietnam, which is pierced by pungee sticks, a barbaric guerrilla warfare weapon utilized in Southeast Asia. There is one spear for each 3 years of our involvement in this war. These symbolize the enslavement of Vietnam in the Bamboo Curtain of Communism, the misery of this country at its loss of liberty, our sons and brothers whose blood was spilled on her soil, the Prisoners of War and the Missing In Action, the imprisoned and those who have never returned. The spaces between the pungee sticks symbolize the IV Corps of Action in Vietnam.
The slate base is set at 17 degrees to the ground, the parallel of the latitude of the partition between North and South Vietnam on our entrance to the war. Upon the base of this monumental sculpture are the names of our native sons who gave their lives in the Action.
Gerhard Francis Baut, B.F.A. Am di Venezia
Dedicated February 21st, 1988.
To those who served
and those who gave their
lives in South-East Asia during
the Vietnam War 1960 - 1975
[Roll of Honored Dead]
Description of the Sculpture for
the Vietnam Veterans Memorial
This Monument of the Vietnam War Memorial for Luzerne County is a depiction of a heavy gauge bronze sculpture with a natural sulfide bronehantite patina set atop a slate base. The base is 10' long, 6' 10" wide, 2' high. The sculpture atop measures 10' high, for a total of 12' from the ground. The figure of the valiant veteran is 8' 5" tall from toe to head, or 1.43 times life size.
The warrior, wearing combat fatigue pants and boots holds a broken K-Bar Knife and stands atop the shield - the Keystone of Pennsylvania, an allegory to the return of the spartan soldier to the intonation "with it or on it." In the figure's left hand is a crown of stars symbolizing the branches of the Armed Services taken from the brow - his head turned in grief.
Behind the figure stands the symbols of Vietnam, which is pierced by pungee sticks, a barbaric guerrilla warfare weapon utilized in Southeast Asia. There is one spear for each 3 years of our involvement in this war. These symbolize the enslavement of Vietnam in the Bamboo Curtain of Communism, the misery of this country at its loss of liberty,
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our sons and brothers whose blood was spilled on her soil, the Prisoners of War and the Missing In Action, the imprisoned and those who have never returned. The spaces between the pungee sticks symbolize the IV Corps of Action in Vietnam.
The slate base is set at 17 degrees to the ground, the parallel of the latitude of the partition between North and South Vietnam on our entrance to the war. Upon the base of this monumental sculpture are the names of our native sons who gave their lives in the Action.
Gerhard Francis Baut, B.F.A.
Am di Venezia
Dedicated February 21st, 1988
Erected 1988 by Vietnam Veterans Memorial Committee, Luzerne County Commissioners, and Concerned Citizens and Organizations.
Location. 41° 15.045′ N, 75° 52.802′ W. Marker is in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, in Luzerne County. Memorial is on River Street north of Union Street, on the left when traveling north. Memorial is on the Luzerne County Courthouse grounds. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 200 North River Street, Wilkes Barre PA 18711, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Ellen Webster Palmer (a few steps from this marker); Korean War Memorial
Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., November 20, 2017
Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., November 20, 2017
3. Vietnam Veterans Memorial Marker
Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., November 20, 2017
4. Vietnam Veterans Memorial
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5. Vietnam Veterans Memorial Honored Dead
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6. Vietnam Veterans Memorial Honored Dead
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7. Vietnam Veterans Memorial Honored Dead
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8. Vietnam Veterans Memorial Honored Dead
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9. Vietnam Veterans Memorial Honored Dead
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10. Vietnam Veterans Memorial Marker
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11. Vietnam Veterans Memorial Honored Dead
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12. Vietnam Veterans Memorial Marker
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13. Vietnam Veterans Memorial Sculpture Detail
Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., November 20, 2017
14. Vietnam Veterans Memorial Sculptor's Mark
Credits. This page was last revised on November 22, 2017. It was originally submitted on November 22, 2017, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 397 times since then and 54 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14. submitted on November 22, 2017, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania.