Albany in Dougherty County, Georgia — The American South (South Atlantic)

WW II Memorial

Photographed by Brandon D Cross

1. WW II Memorial Marker

Inscription.
Center:
WW II
December 7, 1941 — September 2, 1945

In Memory of the Greatest Generation
Who Served for Freedom

Left:
Attack on Pearl Harbor • Battle of Wake Island • Battle of Bataan • Doolittle Raid on Tokyo • Battle of the Coral Sea • Battle of Midway • Battle of Guadalcanal • Battle of Eastern Solomons • Battle of Tarawa • Battle of Saipan • Battle of Guam • Battle Tinian • Battle of Leyte P.I. • Battle of Manila • Battle of Iwo Jima • Battle of Okinawa • CBI Theater

Right:
Atlantic Convoy Duty • Operation Torch • Battle of Kasserine Pass • Allied Invasion of Sicily • Allied Invasion of Italy • Battle of Bernhardt Line • Battle of Monte Cassino • Battle of Monte Castelo • Battle of Anzio • Allied Invasion of Normandy • Allied Invasion of Southern France • Battle of Remagen • Battle of the Bulge.

Erected 2013 by American Legion Post 30 and The Sowega Veterans Coalition.

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World II.

Location. 31° 34.504′ N, 84° 8.923′ W. Memorial is in Albany, Georgia, in Dougherty County. It

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can be reached from the intersection of West Oglethorpe Boulevard and South Washington Street, on the right when traveling east. The marker is located within Albany’s Veterans Park. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 100 West Oglethorpe Boulevard, Albany GA 31701, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Georgia’s Coastal Plain. It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Deep South.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

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: Korean War Memorial (a few steps from this marker); Spec 4 James Earl Worthy (a few steps from this marker); Vietnam War Memorial (a few steps from this marker); Flood of July 7, 1994 (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Ray Charles (about 400 feet away); Flint River Bridge World War I Memorial

WW II Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Brandon D Cross

2. WW II Memorial

(about 700 feet away); The Bridge House (approx. 0.2 miles away); Nelson Tift (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Albany.

Also see . . . Albany Receives WWII Vets’ monument. (Submitted on May 31, 2024, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida.)

Dedication Stone image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Brandon D Cross

3. Dedication Stone

Presented to:
Albany and Dougherty County
by
American Legion Post 30
and
The Sowega Veterans Coalition

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2024. It was originally submitted on May 31, 2024, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. This page has been viewed 237 times since then and 25 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on May 31, 2024, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.