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Idabel in McCurtain County, Oklahoma — The American South (West South Central)
 

We Served Proudly

 
 
We Served Proudly Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Jason Armstrong, September 11, 2021
1. We Served Proudly Memorial
Inscription.
In memory of all veterans of Company G · 180th Infantry Regiment · 45th Infantry Division.
Home station Idabel, Oklahoma
1918 - 1968

World War II 511 Days and Korean War 429 Days

Awards - One Medal of Honor, Eight Distinguished Service Crosses, Presidential Unit Citation.
 
Erected 1994 by Company G Association.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, KoreanWar, World II.
 
Location. 33° 53.793′ N, 94° 49.718′ W. Memorial is in Idabel, Oklahoma, in McCurtain County. It is on North Central Avenue north of NE Martin Luther King Avenue, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 108 N Central Avenue, Idabel OK 74745, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Oklahoma’s Choctaw Nation. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Piney Woods, on the prairies, and on the Southern Plains. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once
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New Spain, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, and the Louisiana Purchase.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 13 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Operation Desert Shield/Storm Memorial (a few steps from this marker); Miller Courthouse (approx. 1.1 miles away); Shawneetown (approx. 1.1 miles away); Isaac Levi Garvin (approx. 6.9 miles away); Waterhole Cemetery (approx. 6.9 miles away); Military Road (approx. 10.4 miles away); Wheelock Mission (approx. 10.9 miles away); The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma (approx. 12.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Idabel.
 
Another marker is no longer nearby. Shawneetown (was approx. 1.1 miles away but has been confirmed missing).
 
We Served Proudly Memorial at the McCurtain County Courthouse image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Jason Armstrong, September 11, 2021
2. We Served Proudly Memorial at the McCurtain County Courthouse
The memorial is located on the right side of the entrance.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on March 26, 2022. It was originally submitted on March 25, 2022, by Jason Armstrong of Talihina, Oklahoma. This page has been viewed 374 times since then and 15 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on March 25, 2022, by Jason Armstrong of Talihina, Oklahoma. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.
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