Waconia in Carver County, Minnesota — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)

Veterans Memorial

World War II Memorial image. Click for full size.

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1. World War II Memorial

Inscription.
World War II Poland - Battle of the Atlantic - Pearl Harbor - Bataan - Corregidor - Coral Sea - Midway - Guadalcanal - North Africa - Bismarck Sea - Salerno - Tarawa - Kwajalein - Normandy - Southern France - The Rhine - Marianas - Leyte Gulf - Philippines - Iwo Jima - Okinawa - Japan
(Military Service Emblems)
(Veterans of Foreign Wars Emblem)
World War II
1 September 1939 - 2 September 1945 Dedicated to those men and women of the Waconia community who were called and served their country during this World War.
...We were young. We have died. Remember us.
GM2c Vincent W. Uecker · 11 Sep 1943
Pvt Donald A. Johnson · 6 May 1944
Sgt Frank Vojtisek · 27 Feb 1945
T Sgt Jerome L. Gorres · 13 Jun 1945
S1c George Wm. Greengo · 27 Sep 1945

(Veterans of Foreign Wars Emblem)
Korean War
25 June 1950 — 27 July 1953 This Korean War Veteran's Memorial honors those men and women of the Waconia community who answered the call to "defend a country they never knew and a people they never met" and through their actions demonstrated that freedom must be vigilantly guarded.
"Lest

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2. World War II Memorial

south side

We Forget...
the Dead, the Missing, the Captured,
the Wounded
Freedom Is Not Free"
(Military Service Emblems)

Vietnam
28 February 1959
7 May 1975
In Honor of
and Appreciation
to Waconia Area
Vietnam Veterans
U.S. Casualties
K.I.A. 58, 156
W.I.A. 303,704
M.I.A. 2,338
(Military Service Emblems)

Location. 44° 50.991′ N, 93° 47.026′ W. Marker is in Waconia, Minnesota, in Carver County. Marker can be reached from East Main Street west of South Spruce Street, on the left when traveling west. Touch for map. Memorial is in City Square Park. Marker is at or near this postal address: 101 East Main Street, Waconia MN 55387, United States of America.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 10 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Civil War Monument (within shouting distance of this marker); World War I Monument (within shouting distance of this marker); Dakota Rail History in Mayer (approx. 5.7 miles away); Minnetonka -- Queen of the Inland Lakes (approx. 7.8 miles away); SurfSide Park (approx. 7.8 miles away); 9/11 Memorial

Korean War Memorial image. Click for full size.

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3. Korean War Memorial

(approx. 8 miles away); Veterans Monument (approx. 8.4 miles away); Jonathan in Chaska (approx. 9.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Waconia.

Categories. • War, Korean • War, Vietnam • War, World II •

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4. Korean War Memorial

map; south side

Vietnam Memorial image. Click for full size.

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5. Vietnam Memorial

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6. Vietnam Memorial

map; west side

Waconia Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.

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7. Waconia Veterans Memorial

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8. Waconia Veterans Memorial

Nearby World War II Sherman Tank image. Click for full size.

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9. Nearby World War II Sherman Tank

Carver County Historical Society
555 West First Street

Sherman Tank, WW II image. Click for full size.

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10. Sherman Tank, WW II

Sherman tanks are medium weight tanks used in World War II, starting in 1942. The United States developed Sherman tanks to fight Germany. The Sherman was smaller but quicker and less expensive to produce than Germany's tanks.

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. This page originally submitted on March 13, 2014, by Keith L of Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin. This page has been viewed 371 times since then and 49 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. submitted on March 13, 2014, by Keith L of Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin.