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Elmendorf Air Force Base in Anchorage, Alaska — Northwest (North America)
 

Col Robert Strickland

 
 
Col Robert Strickland Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 12, 2024
1. Col Robert Strickland Marker
Inscription.

As a lieutenant, he led the 3rd Bombardment Group on the March 1942 deployment to Australia. Colonel Strickland commanded the group during the March 1943 Battle of Bismarck Sea.

 
Erected by Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson.
 
Topics and series. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Air & SpacePatriots & PatriotismWar, World II. In addition, it is included in the Distinguished Service Cross/Navy Cross/Air Force Cross Recipients series list. A significant historical month for this entry is April 1942.
 
Location. 61° 14.903′ N, 149° 48.088′ W. Memorial is in Anchorage, Alaska. It is in Elmendorf Air Force Base. It is on Sijan Avenue north of 32nd Street, on the right when traveling west. Marker is west of 3rd Wing Headquarters. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 11568 Slammer Ave, JBER AK 99506, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the Alaska Railroad Corridor, in the Athabascan Region, in the Prince William Sound, and in Southcentral Alaska. It is also on the American Pacific Coast. Globally, it is in North America, on the Ring
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of Fire, in the Pacific Rim, in the Western Hemisphere, in the Western World, and in the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Russian Empire.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Gen Hoyt Vandenberg (here, next to this marker); Lt Col Horace Hickam (here, next to this marker); Maj Paul "Pappy" Gunn (here, next to this marker); Gen Nathan Twining (here, next to this marker); Capt John Walmsley (here, next to this marker); Brig Gen Jimmy Doolittle (here, next to this marker); 3rd Wing "Wall of Heroes" Marker (here, next to this marker); Maj Raymond Wilkins (here, next to this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Anchorage.
 
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Also see . . .  Robert Franklin Strickland. (Submitted on August 18, 2024, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
 
Col Robert Strickland Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 12, 2024
2. Col Robert Strickland Marker
Among the 3rd Wing Wall of Heroes below the JN-4 "Jenny"
JN-4 "Jenny" Atop 3rd Wing Notables Monument image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 12, 2024
3. JN-4 "Jenny" Atop 3rd Wing Notables Monument
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on August 18, 2024. It was originally submitted on August 18, 2024, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 212 times since then and 29 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on August 18, 2024, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
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