Hot Springs in Garland County, Arkansas — The American South (West South Central)

1st SGT John M. "Mickey" Callahan

3/6/42 — 9/21/45

— Bronze Star —

1st SGT John M. "Mickey" Callahan Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, September 14, 2024

1. 1st SGT John M. "Mickey" Callahan Marker

Inscription.
Company ‘C’ 87th Infantry Division 3rd Army commanded by Gen. George S. Patton

Participated in 145 consecutive days of combat in Belgium (Bulge), France, Germany

First company in the battalion to operate on German soil en route to Japan on V-J Day.

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World II. A significant historical date for this entry is March 6, 1942.

Location. 34° 30.354′ N, 93° 3.085′ W. Memorial is in Hot Springs, Arkansas, in Garland County. It can be reached from Orange Street just east of Broadway Street, on the left when traveling east. The marker is located in the Hot Springs City Veterans Memorial Park. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 118 Orange Street, Hot Springs National Park AR 71901, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Arkansas’ Ouachita Mountains.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Upper 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,

the Louisiana Purchase,

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: Staff SGT Charles R. Birnbaum (here, next to this marker); To Honor All Purple Heart Recipients in Arkansas From All Wars (here, next to this marker); Fallen Hero Memorial (a few steps from this marker); In Memory of the Students of Senior High School Who Made the Supreme Sacrifice (a few steps from this marker); Lest We Forget (within shouting distance of this marker); In Memory of Spanish American War Veterans

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(within shouting distance of this marker); National Baptist Hotel (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); Hot Springs/Garland County Ambulance Service (about 600 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Hot Springs.

Also see . . . 87th Infantry Division Legacy Association. Website homepage:

Excerpt: The 87th Infantry Division fought in General George S. Patton’s Third U.S. Army during World War II. They first entered combat in France’s Alsace-Lorraine, and after extremely bloody fighting, crossed the German border in the Saar, capturing the towns of Walsheim and Medelsheim. Caught up in the Third Army’s historic counterattack in the Battle of the Bulge, the 87th Division raced off into Belgium – attacking the German Panzer Lehr Division near Bastogne. Soon after breaching the Siegfried Line in the Eifel Mountains, the division crossed the Moselle River and captured Koblenz. Then the Rhine River crossing near Boppard and the dash across Germany which took them to Plauen, near the Czech border.
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, September 14, 2024

2. 1st SGT John M. "Mickey" Callahan Marker
Looking north; Hot Springs City Veterans Memorial Park is on the right. The marker is inscribed atop this granite pedestal.
(Submitted on January 24, 2025, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)

Credits. This page was last revised on February 17, 2026. It was originally submitted on January 24, 2025, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 196 times since then and 11 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on January 24, 2025, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.