Battlefield Memorial

Battlefield Memorial. . The Battlefield Memorial is a symbolic remembrance of the battlefield or at the base camp for a soldier who has been killed. It consists of the soldier's rifle, with a bayonet attached, stuck into the ground with a helmet on top, dog tags hanging from the rifle, and the boots of the fallen soldier. Next to it, its purpose is to show honor and respect for the fallen at the battle site. The practice was stated during the American Civil War, possibly earlier, as a means of identifying the bodies on the battlefield before they were removed. It is a visible reminder of the fallen soldier, similar to that dedicated here., . The Helmet and identification tags signify the fallen soldier. , . The inverted rifle with bayonet signals a time for prayer, a bear in action to pay tribute to our comrades. , . The combat boots represent the final march of the last battle. , 2nd Plaque , The Battlefield Memorial (also known as the Battlefield Cross) appeared to have originated in the American Civil War until this period. Fallen Soldiers were buried where they lay, with crude markers being erected. After a battle, people would move through the battlefield to mark the bodies for proper recovery, the most convenient marker was the soldier's rifle with a bayonet stuck into the ground with his hat placed on top., 3rd Plaque , During World Wars I and II and the Korean War, as units rapidly advanced, soldiers would often bury the bodies of their fallen comrades in shallow graves. They placed his rifle with fixed bayonet into the ground with his helmet on top to indicate that here lies the remains of an American Fighting man. During the Vietnam War, memorial services held at the battle site or base camp included the Battlefield Memorial. Over time, this image came to be associated with Military loss and the high price paid on the Battlefields., 4th Plaque , During the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, the Battlefield Memorial attracted popular attention, with units erecting them to pay tribute to their fallen comrades. Since they could not attend the funeral of their fellow soldiers, some units honored their fallen comrades, and a Battlefield Memorial has come to be used as a poignant reminder of the cost of war., 5th Plaque , The helmet and identification tag signify the fallen soldier; their name will never be forgotten. The inverted rifle with bayonet signals a time for Prayer, a break in the action to pay tribute to a Fallen Comrade; the Combat Boots represent the final march of the Last Battle.