Crete in Saline County, Nebraska — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)

Navy Department - United States of America

Photographed by Joan Shurtliff, September 1, 2014

1. Navy Department - United States of America Marker

Inscription. This Mark of Commendation is awarded to Doane College for effective co-operation in training naval personnel during World War II.

Navy V-12 Unit

James Forrestal Secretary of the Navy

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Education • War, World II.

Location. 40° 37.231′ N, 96° 56.776′ W. Memorial is in Crete, Nebraska, in Saline County. It can be reached from Osterhout Lane. The marker is part of a military monument at an east entrance to the Doane College campus. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Crete NE 68333, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Eastern Nebraska. It is also in the American Midwest, in the Corn Belt, and on the prairies. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Louisiana Purchase.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 10 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Doane College (approx. 0.3 miles away); Gates College (approx.

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0.3 miles away); Erected to the memory of Bohemian pioneers in Saline County, Nebraska (approx. 3.8 miles away); Nebraska City-Fort Kearny Cutoff (approx. 6.9 miles away); Pleasant Hill (approx. 8.1 miles away); PFC Charley Havlat (approx. 9 miles away); Hotel Wilber (approx. 9.6 miles away); Czech Capital (approx. 9.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Crete.

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on September 1, 2014, by Joan Shurtliff of Seward, Nebraska. This page has been viewed 549 times since then and 16 times this year. Photo 1. submitted on September 1, 2014, by Joan Shurtliff of Seward, Nebraska. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.