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Ocala in Marion County, Florida — The American South (South Atlantic)
 

Service on the Home Front

Ocala - Marion County Veterans Memorial Park

 
 
Service on the Home Front Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Brandon D Cross, May 14, 2022
1. Service on the Home Front Marker
Inscription. Dedicated to men and women and handicapped who worked to build planes, tanks, guns, ships, munitions and those of the home guard enabling troops to win WWII battles fought in two oceans to protect our freedom. They were part of the services. Sponsored by: The Horace and Lily Dean Family
 
Erected by The Horace and Lily Dean Family.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, World IIWomen.
 
Location. 29° 11.17′ N, 82° 6.061′ W. Memorial is in Ocala, Florida, in Marion County. It can be reached from East Fort King Street 0.1 miles south of East Silver Springs Boulevard. Marker located within the Ocala - Marion County Veterans Memorial Park. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 2601 E Fort King St, Ocala FL 34470, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the American South. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, a Gulf of Mexico state, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New
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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: Navajo Indian Code Talkers (here, next to this marker); Flying Tigers (here, next to this marker); Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima & Nagasaki (here, next to this marker); John Jackson Dickison (a few steps from this marker); St. Augustine (a few steps from this marker); Camp Blanding (a few steps from this marker); Florida’s Past Flags (a few steps from this marker); Fort Brooke - Tampa, Florida (a few steps from this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Ocala.
 
Also see . . .  The World War II Home Front. (Submitted on May 23, 2022, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida.)
 
Service on the Home Front Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Brandon D Cross, May 14, 2022
2. Service on the Home Front Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on June 4, 2022. It was originally submitted on May 23, 2022, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. This page has been viewed 115 times since then and 13 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on May 23, 2022, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. • J. J. Prats was the editor who published this page.
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