Southwest Jacksonville in Duval County, Florida — The American South (South Atlantic)

LCDR Denver Key

Hero’s Walk and Freedom Trees

— POW-MIA Memorial and Museum —

LCDR Denver Key Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Brandon D Cross, June 26, 2019

1. LCDR Denver Key Marker

Inscription.
The Freedom Tree
with the vision of universal freedom
for all mankind
This tree is dedicated to
LCdr. Denver Key
and all
Prisoners of War
And
Missing in Action
1973

Erected by POW-MIA Memorial and Museum.

Topics and series. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Air & Space • Patriots & Patriotism • War, Vietnam. In addition, it is included in the The Freedom Tree series list.

Location. 30° 13.791′ N, 81° 53.429′ W. Memorial is in Jacksonville, Florida, in Duval County. It is in Southwest Jacksonville. It is on POW-MIA Memorial Pkwy near Lake Newman Street, on the left when traveling north. Marker located within Cecil Commerce Center (formally NAS Cecil Field), at the POW-MIA Memorial and Museum. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 6112 POW-MIA Memorial Parkway, Jacksonville FL 32221, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Florida’s First Coast.

It is also in the American South

and on the Eastern Seaboard. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North

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America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: LCDR John Davis (here, next to this marker); LCDR Michael Hoff (here, next to this marker); Lt. Steve Musselman (here, next to this marker); CDR Peter Schoeffel (here, next to this marker); LCdr. Lee Cole (here, next to this marker); LCDR Fred Wright (a few steps from this marker); Lt. Robert J. Dwyer (a few steps from this marker); LT. Dale Raebel (a few steps from this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Jacksonville.

Regarding LCDR Denver Key. On November 17, 1967 LCDR. Denver Key in his A4 Skyhawk took off from the USS Intrepid for a mission over North Vietnam. During the mission his aircraft was hit by a SAM (missile). Key was able to eject, but was subsequently captured. LCDR. Key was held as a prisoner of war for 5 and ½ year released in 1973.

Photographed by Brandon D Cross, June 26, 2019

2. LCDR Denver Key Marker

LCDR Denver Key image. Click for full size.

US Navy/Public Domain

3. LCDR Denver Key

Hero's Walk and Freedom Trees image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Brandon D Cross, June 26, 2019

4. Hero's Walk and Freedom Trees

Credits. This page was last revised on November 29, 2023. It was originally submitted on July 3, 2019, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. This page has been viewed 270 times since then and 20 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on July 3, 2019, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.