Cpl Milton Lewis
1920 - 1942
United States Marine Corps
Awarded the Navy Cross and Purple Heart for
Valor during World War II, on the South Pacific Island of Tulagi, Cpl Lewis was charging a machine gun nest when he was . . . — — Map (db m237455) HM WM
Known as the GI Bill, the Servicemens Readjustment Act of 1944 provided funding for veterans to attend college. Thousands flocked to UF, many bringing spouses and children with them. By 1946, veterans made up nearly two-thirds of the student . . . — — Map (db m150566) HM
The City of Gainesville began construction of this airport in April of 1940 as a project of the depression era Works Progress Administration. With WWII looming, construction was taken over by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in 1941. Initial . . . — — Map (db m101411) HM
John Richardson "Johnny" Alison was born in Micanopy, Florida, on November 12, 1912. He was a highly decorated flying ace and served in both theaters of World War II. Johnny Alison graduated from Gainesville High School in 1931 and the University of . . . — — Map (db m101412) HM
The Gainesville Serviceman's Center
The City of Gainesville purchased the Servicemens Center lot on December 7th 1942. The Federal Works Agency constructed a $37,000 building with a ballroom, stage, dressing rooms, second floor reading . . . — — Map (db m220712) HM
This Tower
A memorial to University of Florida
men who made the Supreme Sacrifice
to Two World Wars.
Was erected through the gifts of alumni and friends. It was dedicated in March, 1953 at ceremonies commemorating the 100th . . . — — Map (db m151502) WM
( front )
World War II
Harmon P. Alderman Jack C. Bachlotte James P. Banks James Beck Ernest W. Bell William I. Benafield Plemon Bennefield Robert T. Benton T. Harper Beville James L. Billington Dalton L. . . . — — Map (db m237852) WM
(Marker 1)
Edward W. Clement, Jr. Robert S. Cockerell, Jr. Thureman L. Coffey Alvin D. Coleman, Jr. Elisha E. Coleman Harold F. Coleman Robert H. Colgan Orval B. Collins Paul A. Comer Robert G. Compton Harrie G.Cone . . . — — Map (db m238372) WM
(front)
In Honor of
those who served
in time of war
A mighty mother turns in tears
the pages of her battle years
lamenting all her Fallen sons
Erected by
Gordon Rimes Post 97
The American Legion
October 11, 1980 . . . — — Map (db m81993) WM
In honor of our brother
Army SGT. Hubert L. Raulerson Ranger
Born Sept. 1, 1919 in Taylor
Son of George and Alma (Knapp) Raulerson
Killed in WWII action in Germany, Sept. 22, 1944
Lorene, Opal, Myrtice, T.J. James, . . . — — Map (db m206690) WM
This building was built in 1926 and named for its original owner, Walter L. Folkes, who introduced electricity to Panama City in 1915. The first floor was originally occupied by Panama Light and Power Company, under the management of Folkes' son, . . . — — Map (db m245238) HM
Dedicated to those who served and those who died while serving
Our Heroes
World War I
Herman Crosby Eurie Douglas Lanier Droke Robert H. Green Nick Johns Willie J. Jones Neal Langford Ervin Minton Ira McKinney . . . — — Map (db m207060) HM
The Thousand Islands formed as the result of an ancient tidal inlet that breached this barrier island and flowed across modern-day Cocoa Beach. The indigenous Ais people, a fisher-gatherer society, lived along the inlet. Their oyster-shell middens . . . — — Map (db m112180) HM
Dedicated to the gallant and victorious men and women who participated in the Battle of the Bulge, World War II, 16 December 1944 thru 25 January 1945 in Belgium and Luxembourg. The greatest battle ever fought by the United States Army. The veterans . . . — — Map (db m195406) WM
This monument is dedicated to the memory of Navy and Marine Aviators and two enlisted men who lost their lives during operational flight training at the Naval Air Station in Melbourne Florida during World War II.
Each man paid the supreme . . . — — Map (db m197237) WM
This site was the 129-building Naval Air Station constructed at the Melbourne Municipal Airport at the beginning of World War II. It was commissioned as Operational Training Unit No. 2 on October 20, 1942 and closed on February 15, 1946. The Station . . . — — Map (db m52374) HM
On the night of March 26, 1944, three B-24 aircraft were flying loose formation from Chatham Field in Savannah, Georgia on a training flight. Somewhere over the Atlantic ocean, two of the planes went down without even giving a distress signal. The . . . — — Map (db m223740) HM
The two large oak trees that lent their presence to the naming of this house have been damaged and subsequently cut down because of a windstorm. The house has significant history because it was built in the early part of the twentieth century for a . . . — — Map (db m49280) HM
World War II was caused by Germanys expansion program initiated by Hitler. England and France declared war on Germany September 3, 1939. Japan attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Setting off war in the Pacific. The United States declared war . . . — — Map (db m195331) HM
This community hall was constructed, circa 1941, as a barracks on the Banana River Naval Air Station. Following World War II, the Naval Air Station became Patrick Air Force Base. In 1948, this building was declared surplus, and sold to the American . . . — — Map (db m52733) HM
Lest We Forget
European Theater
Morocco , Algeria, Tunisia, Sicily, Salerno, Naples, Corsica, Anzio, Cassino
V.E. Day 8 May 1945
Pacific Theater
Pearl Harbor, Philippines, Wake Island, Guam, Bataan, Battle of . . . — — Map (db m164687) WM
The 99th Flying Training Squadron flies Raytheon T-1 Jayhawks and they painted the tops of the tails of their aircraft red, in honor of the Tuskegee Airmen the Red Tails. The 99th Flying Training Squadron is part of the 12th Flying Training . . . — — Map (db m178780) HM
Born February 11, 1920 at Pensacola, Florida, he learned to fly while attending Tuskegee Institute and after graduation in 1942, continued civilian flight training until he received appointment as a Cadet in the Army Air Corps in January 1943. He . . . — — Map (db m177987) HM
Top section of marker:
Old Glory
I Am The Star Spangled Banner.....
Conceived In 1777 Out Of Love
America Bore For Liberty And Honor.
I Am The Memorial Of Countless Heroes Who
Shed Their Blood To Preserve This . . . — — Map (db m115280) WM
Dedicated to the memory of
The 783 brave American
soldiers of the 66th Infantry
Division who lost their lives
on Christmas Eve 1944
when their troop ship
was torpedoed in the
English Channel off
the coast of France.
The . . . — — Map (db m143948) WM
On Silver Wings Of
Hope And Pride, They
Overcame Adversity Both
At Home And Abroad
Through Courage,
Commitment & Competence
To Achieve A Record
Never To Be Excelled. — — Map (db m115432) WM
This pier was the western end of Walker Bridge, the first bridge linking Titusville to Merritt Island. Built in 1922, the hand-cranked, wooden drawbridge served the area until preparations for a modern causeway began in the late 1930s. Causeway . . . — — Map (db m100950) HM
Graduated from Fort Lauderdale High School 1937 and from United States Military Academy at West Point with Honors 1941.
Awarded Posthumously the First Congressional Medal of Honor of World War II by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on January . . . — — Map (db m146548) HM
Naval Air Station Fort Lauderdale (NASFL), a complex of over 200 buildings, was built on the site of Merle Fogg Field in 1942 and served as one of a few specialty schools for training on the TBF/TBM Avenger torpedo bomber. Nineteen-year-old pilot . . . — — Map (db m100393) HM
Philemon and Lucy Bryan's home was built in 1905 by contractor Edwin T. King at the request of their two sons, Reed and Tom. Philemon and Lucy first lived in a wood-frame house that had been converted into the Bryan Hotel. The New River Inn replaced . . . — — Map (db m127489) HM
The recreation area encompassed by Colony Club Road, during World War II (1941-1945), was the site of the corrals and paddocks for the United States Coast Guards Silver Thatch Mounted Beach Patrol. The mounted beach patrol protected the coast from . . . — — Map (db m127514) HM
To the east lies the burial site of Fuller Warren, Governor of Florida from 1949 to 1953. A World War II veteran, Governor Warren also served in the State House of Representatives. As Governor, he sponsored many important legislative initiatives . . . — — Map (db m110977) HM
Dedicated to the men of the
83rd Inf Division
WWII
Co F. 329th 2nd Bat.
Fl. Charter organized in
Punta Gorda 1978
by Bill Nickell & Lola Keller — — Map (db m243969) WM
American Merchant
Marine Veterans
Suncoast Chapter
Dedicated to the
six thousand eight hundred
and thirty-four
Merchant Seamen who lost
their lives in World War II — — Map (db m243905) WM
Dedicated to the memory of P.F.C. Robert L. Cochran
U.S.M.C. Killed in action on the Island of Saipan,
1944, and to all Combat Wounded Veterans
My stone is red for the blood they shed.
The medal I bear is my countrys way to show . . . — — Map (db m244062) WM
In May 1942, the Army Air Corps chose this site for the Punta Gorda Army Air Field (PGAAF). Construction began that October at a project cost of $700,000.
The Army Air Corps activated PGAAF on December 11, 1943 with a mission to train pilots . . . — — Map (db m146927) HM
”The Citizen's Bank” built this structure around 1912 and failed in the late 20s. It was later occupied as: Vann's Drug Store, Bacon's Drug Store, Lanier's Drug Store, Culpepper's Drug Store, Bennett's Drug Store, Marshall's Drug . . . — — Map (db m125473) HM
World War I
John T. Allen
Bryan I. Barnes
Leroy Black
Iley Herring
William F. Nettles
Willie Rawls
Fred O. Roux
World War II
Elwood J. Allen
Wilbur M. Bertine
James P. Blanton
Fronie L. Boyd . . . — — Map (db m77490) WM
The Willys MB and the Ford GPW, both formally called the U.S. Army Truck, Ό-ton, 4x4, Command Reconnaissance, commonly known as JEEP or Jeep, and sometimes referred to as G503, [NB 3] were highly successful off-road capable, light, military utility . . . — — Map (db m213934) HM
The 538 is considered the best intermediate caliber dual purpose gun of World War II. It was in service from 1934 throughout the 1990s. In the naval gun measurement system the size of the gun is expressed as the diameter of its bore and the . . . — — Map (db m181480) WM
High ground along the river and a flowing mineral spring drew the first inhabitants to this area some 7000 years ago, but historic development dates from 1816 when George I. F. Clarke erected a sawmill in this vicinity under a Spanish land grant. . . . — — Map (db m63712) HM
The R-2800 was developed in 1937 and was the first 18 cylinder radial engine. It produced 2,350 horsepower and weighed 2,000 lbs. The engine was regarded as the Cadillac of engines at that time and the engine was the workhorse for World War II. It . . . — — Map (db m214470) HM
Front line, Ό-ton, 4X4 was a variant of the M-38A1 Military Jeep, with its body lengthened by twenty inches, heavier suspension, and provisions for three patients on litters. The spare tire and jerry can of the M-170 were mounted in the body tub . . . — — Map (db m181337) WM
Roy Stanley Geiger, the Father of Marine Corps Aviation, was born on January 25, 1885, in his family home on what is now the campus of Middleburg First Baptist Church. He served as a school teacher, principal, and lawyer. Geiger joined the Marine . . . — — Map (db m102461) HM
To the officers and men who served with the 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment wheresoever dispersed.
Activated at Camp Blanding Florida on 20 October 1942, they were later attached to the 82nd Airborne Division and participated in the parachute . . . — — Map (db m177404) HM WM
Colonel Harry M. Hatcher, Jr.
Colonel Retired United States Army
Decorations & Awards
Bronze Star
Combat Infantry Badge
Meritorious Service Medal
Good Conduct Medal
Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal . . . — — Map (db m179357) HM WM
Used to transport personnel and cargo, towing gliders and dropping paratroopers into enemy territory as during invasions of Sicily, Burma and France. — — Map (db m177425) HM
Dedicated To
Florida Units participated in victorious campaigns in the South-West Pacific. Depicts location of primary assaults against major enemy resistance.
The Florida National Guard troops of the 31st Infantry Division and the . . . — — Map (db m181535) WM
Half-Track, M3
Carrier, Personnel
Manufacturer: White
(40,000 + produced 1941-45)
Note: M3A1 had ring mount for .50 machine gun — — Map (db m177691) HM WM
This original Borne above, was donated and presented to the Camp Blanding Museum by the Department of Manche and the City of St Lo, (Normandy, France), it was dedicated on the 9th day of May, 1998, to the memory of the men of the 1st, 29th, 30th, . . . — — Map (db m177506) HM WM
In 1947 France named the road from Utah Beach in Normandy to the German Border the "Liberty Road".
This is the route of the US Forces across Western Europe in WW2.
Markers (Bourne) are placed at every kilometer of the road for 1146 . . . — — Map (db m177400) HM WM
In Memory of
Maj. Gen. Robert A. Ballard
CO - 502d Para BN. 101st ABN DIV
CO 503d Para REGT 101st ABN DIV
Bastogne Normandy Holland
CG 51st INF DIV FLANG
CG 55thCMD HORS Divisional FLANG
CG . . . — — Map (db m177966) WM
Medal Of Honor
The Medal
Is awarded for gallantry & intrepidity, at risk of life , above and beyond the call of duty, while engaged in an action against an enemy of the United States.
The List . . . — — Map (db m180453) WM
Dedicated to
William Woodrow Braswell
"Woody"
Company G, 124th Infantry Regiment
Florida National Guard
Company B, 19th Infantry Regiment
24th Infantry Division
One of the
most decorated Florida Guardsman . . . — — Map (db m178677) WM
Although still segregated, Americas armed forces were comprised of more than 100,000 Black Floridians serving around the world. As depicted in this panel, they served in all branches of the service and in many roles within each branch. Black . . . — — Map (db m178700) HM WM
In honor of
Morris & Rose Nortman
And in memory of the 11,000,000
who perished in the Holocaust
1933 - 1945
The Jack Nortman Family — — Map (db m221136) WM
Dedicated to the memory of those
who made the Ultimate Sacrifice
in World War II
Burkett, Robt. Jr. Bythwood, Willis B. Boler, Clarence E. Bray, John Courson, W.E. Clements, Joe L. Devant, Shelly H. Dennis, Earl M. . . . — — Map (db m239772) WM
During the Second World War, the Arnold Plan established six British Flying Training Schools in the United States where Royal Air Force cadets could receive primary flight training under civilian instruction. Many of the thousands of cadets who . . . — — Map (db m110865) HM
World War II
Frank Addison Thomas W. Pate, Jr.
George F. Barr James M. Patterson
Hugh R. Cassels Pete Penuel
Joe C. Chancey Kenneth N. Perry
James C. Chancey Alfred W. Roe
Eugene M Connelly James C. Rogers
John . . . — — Map (db m211956) WM
Buried herein are twenty-three Royal Air Force Cadets who died while in training at U.S. flying training fields in South Florida during W.W.II. — — Map (db m110864) HM
Constructed by the U.S. Army in 1942, Combat Team Camp Atlantic Beach was the headquarters of the Harbor Defenses of Jacksonville during World War II. The camp was tasked with defending Floridas Atlantic coast from Axis invasion following the . . . — — Map (db m106306) HM
The James E. Craig Memorial pavilion is dedicated to the memory of Jacksonville native, James Edwin Craig, the namesake of Jacksonville Executive at Craig Airport. He served his country with honor. After becoming an aviator in 1929, he served on . . . — — Map (db m137888) HM WM
Navy Seabees
With Willing Hearts and Skillful Hands, the Difficult We do at Once,
The Impossible Takes a Bit Longer
Seabees Can Do
We Build We Fight — — Map (db m143148) WM
Aviation pioneers were attracted to Northeast Florida's hard, wide beaches. Pablo Beach, as Jacksonville Beach was known until 1925, served as takeoff or terminal point for several early coast-to-coast flights. The first of these, in 1912, required . . . — — Map (db m57600) HM
On April 10, 1942, German submarine U-123 torpedoed the oil tanker SS Gulfamerica off the coast of Jacksonville Beach. The tanker exploded and eventually sank. Nineteen Americans lost their lives in the attack. This marker has been placed to . . . — — Map (db m181086) HM WM
This marker commemorates the attack on the USS Gulfamerica on April 10, 1942, during World War II (1941-1945) by a German U-boat just off the coast of Jacksonville Beach. The Gulfamerica, a merchant marine vessel, was on her maiden . . . — — Map (db m220170) HM
1941 - 1945
In Memoriam
Jacksonville Beach
Heroes Of World War II
Who Gave Their All
That The World
Might Have Peace
John J. Ahern, Jr. 2nd. LT. Army Otis O. Box CPL. U.S.M.C. George Henry Bruer S.SGT. Army . . . — — Map (db m181094) WM
(Side 1)
U.S. Merchant Marine
In Peace and War 1775
Dedicated September 14, 1999
Mayport Florida
In memory of the men and women
of all nations who loyally served
aboard United States merchant
ships . . . — — Map (db m137894) WM
The Submarine Lifeguard League was officially formed in
early 1943. From then and until August 14, 1945, a total of
518 airmen were rescued from a watery grave or certain
capture by the enemy. Many rescues were accomplished
by the 87 submarines . . . — — Map (db m177644) HM WM
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