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Korea

June 25, 1950 - July 27, 1953

 
 
Korea Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Dave W, April 2, 2023
1. Korea Marker
Inscription.

In honor and remembrance of those who served and sacrificed, to promote freedom for all.

They went to defend a country they never knew and a people they never met. Freedom is not free.
 
Erected 2015 by Gen. James A. Van Fleet Chapter 267 Korean War Veterans Association.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, Korean.
 
Location. 29° 37.88′ N, 82° 21.788′ W. Memorial is in Gainesville, Florida, in Alachua County. It is on Old Archer Road. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 2689 Old Archer Rd, Gainesville FL 32608, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in North Florida. It is also 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 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
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2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Florida Museum (approx. half a mile away); Wilmot Garden (approx. one mile away); Timucua Burial Mound/Timucua People (approx. 1.3 miles away); Health Professions Pioneer (approx. 1.3 miles away); Flavet Villages (approx. 1.3 miles away); George T. Harrell (approx. 1.3 miles away); Capt. Jack R. Harvey (approx. 1.4 miles away); James Erik Suh (approx. 1.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Gainesville.
 
Another marker is no longer nearby. The Law School Burial Mound (was approx. 1.3 miles away but has been reported to have been replaced with another marker now near it).
 
Korea Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Dave W, April 2, 2023
2. Korea Marker
Korea Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Dave W, April 2, 2023
3. Korea Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on April 9, 2023. It was originally submitted on April 3, 2023, by Dave W of Co, Colorado. This page has been viewed 308 times since then and 33 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on April 3, 2023, by Dave W of Co, Colorado. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.
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