Mercury Project
Initiated in 1958, completed in 1963. Project Mercury was United States’ first man-in-space program. Over 2,000,000 people from many government agencies and aerospace corporations combining their skills and experiences into . . . — — Map (db m116582) HM
The RL-10 was the world’s first operational liquid hydrogen/liquid oxygen high energy restartable 2nd stage rocket engine used in space.
Each individual engine produced 15,000 pounds of thrust. On January 29, 1964, a six-engine cluster of . . . — — Map (db m164387) HM
These trees, each representing a crewed Apollo mission, are descendants of the original Moon trees grown with seeds astronaut Stuart Roosa carried to the Moon on Apollo 14. The garden’s figure eight shape represents the spacecraft’s slingshot . . . — — Map (db m188483) HM
Front line, ¼-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
In July 1958, Lebanon was threatened by a civil war between Maronite Christians and Muslims. Tensions with Egypt had escalated earlier in 1956 when pro-western President Camille Chamoun, a Christian, did not break diplomatic relations with the . . . — — Map (db m194699) HM WM
The second United States occupation of the Dominican Republic began when the United States Marines Corps entered Santo Domingo on April 28, 1965 in the Dominican Civil War. They were later joined, beginning the following day by most of the United . . . — — Map (db m194506) WM
National Liberation Front (FMLN) a coalition of five left-wing guerrilla groups. However this conflict evolved into a proxy war between the United States and the Communist elements of Nicaragua and Cuba. The United States was able to prevail by . . . — — Map (db m194165) HM WM
The Cuban missile crisis — known as the October crisis in Cuba and the Caribbean crisis (Russian: к ариский кризис, tr. Karibskiy krizis) in the USSR — was a . . . — — Map (db m193986) HM WM
"I have seen in your eyes a fire of determination to get this war job done quickly. My confidence in you is total, our cause is just. Now you must be the thunder and lightning of Desert Storm."
In 1973 Libya claimed the Gulf of Sidra as a closed bay and part of its territorial waters. This prompted the United States to conduct Freedom of Navigation (FON) operations in the area once the claim did not meet the criteria established by . . . — — Map (db m194776) HM WM
Operation Odyssey Dawn was the U.S. code name for the US part of the international military operation in Libya to enforce United Nations Security Council Resolution 1973 during the initial period of 19-31 March 2011, which continued afterwards . . . — — Map (db m193980) HM WM
On 5 January 1968, Pueblo left Yokosuka, Japan, in transit to Sasebo, Japan, from where she left on 11 January 1968, headed northward through the Tsushima Strait into the Sea of Japan. She left with specific orders to intercept and conduct . . . — — Map (db m193251) HM
In Memory of Richard 'Dick’ Arens, Major USAF (Ret)
Major Arens was a Vietnam veteran who flew 443 combat missions as a Forward Air Controller (FAC) in the O-1 BIRD DOG. His military flying career also included flying the B-58 . . . — — Map (db m193732) HM WM
During the multinational occupation of post-World War Il Germany, the Soviet Union blocked the Western Allies’
railway, road and canal access to the sectors of Berlin under Allied control. Their aim was to force the western powers to allow the . . . — — Map (db m194108) HM WM
Naval, (Hydrogen Peroxide) Propulsion
973 lbs. Torpex Explosive Charge
Range: 13,700 yards at a speed of 46 knots
This type was in service from 1944 to 1975
This example is a non-explosive dummy.
Sign provided by . . . — — Map (db m193417) HM
The USS Liberty Incident was an attack on a United States Navy technical research ship, USS Liberty, by Israeli Air Force jet fighter aircraft and Israeli Navy motor torpedo boats, on 8 June 1967, during the Six-Day War. The combined air and sea . . . — — Map (db m193283) HM
On this site, which was officially known as the Florida City Shelter of the Catholic Welfare Bureau’s Children’s Program, thousands of Operation Pedro Pan children found refuge from Communist Cuba between 1961 and 1966. Operation Pedro Pan . . . — — Map (db m71917) HM
2012, Bronze 132 x 89 x 64 in. The Tower of Snow by distinguished Cuban-born artist Enrique Martínez Celaya honors the 50th anniversary of Operation Pedro Pan, which brought thousands of Cuban children, without their parents, to the United States . . . — — Map (db m71941) HM
This plaque is in memory of the many Cubans who were desperate to leave Castros' communist Cuba. They left their homes and families trying to cross the 90 miles of sea in rafts, innertubes or anything that would float.
Not knowing what rough . . . — — Map (db m83553) HM
Cold War
For the first time following a war, the military did not abandon Key West. As relations with the Soviet Union deteriorated, the Navy increased its shore-based and afloat organizations making Key West the largest anti-submarine . . . — — Map (db m224157) HM WM
Cuban Missile Crisis
Following the discovery of Russian nuclear missile installations in Cuba on October 15, 1962, large numbers of military troops and aircraft began arriving in Key West while destroyers and submarines in the harbor . . . — — Map (db m224166) HM WM
During October, 1962, United States intelligence sources confirmed Soviet construction of nuclear missile sites in Cuba. This provocation, coupled with the strains of the Cold War, was a direct nuclear threat to the United States. Fearing invasion . . . — — Map (db m246013) HM
• Longest serving U.S. coastal fortification (1861-1947)
• Originally sited 1,100 feet off the island of Key West to protect its harbor
• Held by the Union Army for the duration of the American Civil War
• Never . . . — — Map (db m240158) HM
History of Fort Taylor
Fort Taylor served faithfully through the American Civil War and was called the "Gibraltar of the Florida Straits", even though it never fired a single shot in defense. It protected the harbor from attack, and served as . . . — — Map (db m240152) HM
Built in 1890 on the waterfront as a two-family dwelling for the base commandant and paymaster, this building was known as Quarters A and B. It was converted into a single-family residence in 1911. President William Howard Taft visited this site in . . . — — Map (db m32659) HM
Greater love has
no man than this,
that a man lay
down his life for
his friends.
John 15:13
On the night of
April 1980, these
men gave their
lives in the
gallant attempt
to free the
American hostages
in . . . — — Map (db m100438) HM
In April 1996, Special Operations Command Europe (SOCEUR) responded to a crisis in Liberia, where a civil war endangered Americans and other foreign nationals. The US deployed forces quickly to save lives, protect the American Embassy, and . . . — — Map (db m99776) HM
Violence in Somalia was precipitated by a series of civil war, famine, and disease which cost the lives of an estimated 350,000 people. In December 1992, US troops were sent to help contain the lawlessness in Somalia and create a safe . . . — — Map (db m99782) HM
Operation Uphold Democracy was the name given to the restoration of the democracy in Haiti. The US, expecting civil unrest and military opposition, deployed a large force to the area, which could overcome any opposition and restore order to . . . — — Map (db m99778) HM
Operations in Bosnia-Herzegovina took on many different names between 1993-1998. Whether it was Operation Joint Endeavor, Joint Guard, Deny Flight, Deliberate Force, or Joint Forge, the special operations mission remained relatively . . . — — Map (db m99777) HM
Once owned by Howard Hughes, the craft was converted to a “planeboat” after sustaining catastrophic damage during Hurricane Cleo (1964).
Donated by Dave Drummer — — Map (db m193391) HM
This is the military version of the DC-3. The C-47 has the unique distinction of participating in the Berlin Airlift in the late 1940s. — — Map (db m193323) HM
The F-14 first flew in December 1970, replacing the F-4 Phantom II. The F-14 served as the U.S. Navy’s primary maritime air superiority fighter into the 1990s. The Tomcat was retired from the U.S. Navy’s active fleet on 22 September 2006, having . . . — — Map (db m193383) WM
Approximately 60 countries across 4 continents have flown the Russian designed supersonic jet. With 13,996 produced, the MiG-21 holds the record for being the most produced supersonic aircraft. #7708 served in the Slovak Air Force before retiring . . . — — Map (db m193387) HM
This aircraft was built by Lockheed in the early 1950s to demonstrate the operation of a vertical takeoff and landing fighter for protecting convoys.
Lockheed Chief Test Pilot Herman “Fish” Salmon piloted the first test flight on June 16, . . . — — Map (db m193336) HM
1948 - 1991
The Cold War
April, 1961
Bay of Pigs Invasion
October 1962
Cuban Missile Crisis
November 20, 1970
Son Tay Raid
1979 - 1981
Iranian Hostage Crisis
. . . — — Map (db m152684) WM
Ship's Bell Of
USS Kenneth Whiting (AV-14)
Presented To Santa Rosa County
By The
U.S. Naval Auxiliary Air Station
Whiting Field
21 October 1961 — — Map (db m151841) WM
In Memoriam
Speartips Combat Deployments
(Southeast Asia)
USS Constellation (CVA-64) 28 March 1967 – 4 December 1967
USS America (CVA-66) April 1970 – 21 December 1970.
USS Constellation (CVA-64) 5 January 1973 . . . — — Map (db m137117) HM WM
The U.S. Navy
Enlisted Bombardier/Navigator
These brave, courageous men, by filling the vacant Officer
Bombardier/Navigator billets, enabled the U.S. Navy to carry
out its nuclear weapon delivery mission during the “Cold War” . . . — — Map (db m189173) WM
These brave, courageous men, by filling the vacant Officer Bombardier/Navigator billets, enabled the U.S. Navy to carry out its nuclear weapon delivery mission during the "Cold War" flying in carrier-based Naval aircraft
AJ Savage • A3 . . . — — Map (db m188724) WM
This Iranian gunboat, Swedish made and armed with Russian weapons, is one of two boats recovered by SEALs during Operation Earnest Will in the Persian Gulf [1987-1988]. One boat was recovered adrift following a brief surface engagement. This boat . . . — — Map (db m186493) HM
Designed primarily for hydro-graphic reconnaissance and weapons delivery in the early 1970s, this two-man SDVwas propelled by an electric motor with power supplied by rechargeable batteries. It had manual steering and diving controls. A computerized . . . — — Map (db m186509) HM
USS George Bancroft SSBN- 643
Commissioned 22 January 1966 Decommissioned 21 September 1993
(Associated Sponsor plaque excerpt)
USS George Bancroft SSBN- 643 was a 640-class Fleet Ballistic Missile (FBM) submarine homeported in . . . — — Map (db m68749) HM
Introduced in 1951, the MiG-17 remained on frontline duty with many Warsaw Pact countries and their client states well into the 1980s. Developed too late for the Korean War, the MiG-17 went on to see action in Vietnam and in several of the African . . . — — Map (db m13307) HM
The N.S. Savannah, the first nuclear-powered cargo/passenger ship, built by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation,
was launched on July 21, 1959 and commenced her maiden voyage at sea on Friday March 23, 1962. Before
embarking on a . . . — — Map (db m58595) HM
This is the site of
Confederate Air Force
Pad No. 1
Holding 98', this giant missile was dismantled in California and flown to Warner Robins Air Force Base. The missile was then transported along I-75 to Cordele.
The . . . — — Map (db m55339) HM
The F-104 was developed by Lockheed Corp. as a supersonic air superiority fighter in the late 1950’s and was used both as a day night interceptor and tactical fighter through the 70’s. It had a speed of 1400 MPH and carried sidewinder missiles and . . . — — Map (db m193481) HM
Side 1:
In October 1918, the Infantry School of Arms was established on 80 acres of land near here. Camp Benning, later Fort Benning, was named in honor of Confederate Infantry General Lewis Benning, a Columbus resident. The camp’s first . . . — — Map (db m23176) HM
From 1959 through 1964
Regulus was the submarine
launched retaliatory
missile in the Pacific
The Regulus missile
deterrent strike force
operated from submarine
base, Pearl Harbor, under
the operational control of
Commander Submarine . . . — — Map (db m111762) WM
Since 1949, more nuclear reactors – over 50 of them – have been built on this plain than anywhere else in the world.
This 900-square-mile Idaho National Laboratory is the birthplace of the Nuclear Navy. Commercial power reactor . . . — — Map (db m70447) HM
USS Hawkbill (SSN-666)
Class: (Sturgeon Variant) Sturgeon
Built At: Mare Island Naval Shipyard
Keel Laid: 12 September 1966
Launched: 2 April 1969
Christening: Mrs. Bernard F. Roeder
Commissioned: 4 February 1971
First Commanding . . . — — Map (db m103649) WM
On February 7, 1951, the State of Idaho Department of Civil Defense set up the GOC, a Citizen Volunteer Auxiliary with the United States Air Force.
In October, 1951, Soda Springs and Caribou County Ground Observers met with Major T.A. Burda, Air . . . — — Map (db m106250) HM
The United States Government was afraid an enemy had the ability to attack our interior cities and rural areas in strong force with little or no warning.
In March 1954, a letter from N.F. Twining, Chief of Staff of the United States Air . . . — — Map (db m106218) HM
The Ground Observer Corps (GOC) was a series of Civil Defense programs in the United States to protect against air attack. Its function was to supplement the radar warning network by visually searching the skies with naked eye and binoculars for . . . — — Map (db m106219) HM
Two panels make up this marker:
Island Park describes the northern part of Fremont County from the top of the Ashton Hill to the Montana border. Within its borders is an ancient volcanic caldera that has been inactive for the last . . . — — Map (db m109006) HM
[Cyrillic text]
(Little Joes, The Locomotives Big Joe Stalin Never Got!)
Made for Joseph Stalin’s Soviet Union, the United States embargoed these magnificent locomotives as strategic material at the start of the “Cold . . . — — Map (db m45633) HM
All gave some
Some gave all
We dedicate this memorial to the courage and valor of the members of our community who served this Country by answering the call to freedom.
I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America and . . . — — Map (db m178645) WM
[Plaque on the flagpole in the center:]
Dedicated to the Villa Park Veterans of Foreign Wars
[Inscription at the top of plaques dedicated to the five branches of the U.S. Armed Forces:]
Freedom Is Not Free
Dedicated to the following that . . . — — Map (db m244906) WM
With the faith and courage of their forefathers who made
possible the freedom of these United States
The Boy Scouts of America
dedicate this copy of the
Statue of Liberty as a pledge of everlasting fidelity and
loyalty 40th . . . — — Map (db m243911) HM
General Secretary Gorbachev,
if you seek peace--
if you seek prosperity
for the Soviet Union
and Eastern Europe--
if you seek liberalization.
come here, to this gate.
Mr. Gorbachev. Open this gate.
Mr. Gorbachev. Tear down this . . . — — Map (db m78278) HM
[Plaque 1]
• The flag of the USSR is shown behind Vladimir Lenin, Russian leader of the Bolsheviks in the 1917 Revolution.
• Soviet soldiers stand in Moscow's Red Square near the Kremlin, seat of the Communist government of the USSR.
• . . . — — Map (db m230799) HM
In 1991 Nick Tanev, an immigrant to the United States from Bulgaria, presented to then Mayor James Dixon and the City of Dixon, the sculpture called “The Wings of Peace and Freedom.” The presentation was made during a sister cities . . . — — Map (db m78277) HM
This unit obtained and placed here by
Red Bud VFW Post 6632
To honor all veterans past, present and future
Era of vehicle
In service - 1954 to 1963
Exported to West Germany, Turkey, United Kingdom
and Italy. Served in . . . — — Map (db m236184) HM WM
Lithuanians arrived en masse during Sangamon County's coal boom, numbering several thousand with their families by 1920, they fled political and religious repression, conscription, poverty, and a total ban on their language in the Czarist Russian . . . — — Map (db m162036) HM
"The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 and the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991 marked the end of the cold War, resulting in the United States Air Force undergoing a significant reorganization and reduction in size. On 1 June 1992, the Air Mobility . . . — — Map (db m184327) HM WM
During the Berlin Airlift, also called Operation Vittles, he instituted operation Little Vittles by dropping small parachutes laden with candy from his C-54 aircraft to the children of Berlin, while motivating Berliners to never give up hope, his . . . — — Map (db m184339) HM
Colonel Lane is a charismatic leader whose security and force protection initiatives prepared mobility airmen for the 21st century, after serving as a jet propulsion specialist, he was commissioned in 1976, he stood up MAC'S Volant Scorpion program . . . — — Map (db m177534) HM
World War I fighter pilot, World War II Commander of Air Forces in Europe and the Pacific, First Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force in 1947, and Air Refueling pioneer. He commanded the "Question Mark"—A U.S. Army C-2A Fokker Transport Aircraft—in . . . — — Map (db m184028) HM
Although a bomber pilot most of his career, he became—as Commander in Chief, Military Airlift Command from July 1979 to June 1981—the Air Force's primary advocate for Airlift modernization and a visionary for mobility forces. He pushed forward the . . . — — Map (db m184150) HM
Instrumental in establishing the United States Transportation Command, he was commander in Chief (1987 -1989) of the new Joint Command, while serving as Commander-in Chief of Military Airlift Command (1985 -1989), the first "dual hatted" . . . — — Map (db m184473) HM
General Tom Ryan was a leader known for his unwavering commitment to the mobility mission. As Vice Commander (1977 - 81) and then Commander (1983 - 85) of the Military Airlift Command. General Ryan presided over mobility operations in support of . . . — — Map (db m184685) HM
Serving as Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff for Plans, Headquarters Military Airlift Command (1960-1983), he helped conceive, develop, and bring to fruition numerous airlift enhancement and modernization programs including the C-5 Wing modification, . . . — — Map (db m183872) HM
Although he served in the U.S. Military for 35 years from 1923 to 1958, it was not until 1948 that he began to make his mark as an airlifter. As Commander of the Berlin Airlift task Force, he established the airlift flow into and out of the city, in . . . — — Map (db m183848) HM WM
His vision for airlift's role in national defense earned him recognition as "the father of military airlift command." During World War II, he commanded the India-China Division of the Air Transport Command, which was responsible for supplying China . . . — — Map (db m183869) HM
He rose from an aircraft mechanic in the Arkansas National Guard in 1929 to lead the Air National Guard (ANG) from 1953 to 1963 and the National Guard Bureau from 1963 to 1971. By insisting on realistic training for the ANG, according to active duty . . . — — Map (db m184083) HM
In his 30 years in the Air Force (1954-1984), he served in a variety of leadership roles, from Commander 374th tactical airlift wing to HQ Military Airlift command Deputy Chief of Staff, for operation and personnel. He had a direct, pervasive and . . . — — Map (db m184474) HM
Sir Alan was an aviator pioneer and a significant contributor to air mobility through his historic aerial refueling experiments. He earned his pilot wings with the RAF during World War I. Following the war, he became the first aviator to . . . — — Map (db m184507) HM
The heritage of the Airlift/Tanker Association began when members of the 834th Air Division held their first reunion in Las Vegas Nevada in the summer of 1969. The purpose of this first gathering was to maintain the bonds of brotherhood and . . . — — Map (db m183814) HM WM
Manufactured by General Dynamics (now Lockhead Martin) as F-16A Block 10D
Delivered to USAF 27 August 1981
The Lockheed Martin (formerly General Dynamics) F-16 Fighting Falcon is a single-engine multirole fighter aircraft originally . . . — — Map (db m187340) HM
The Half-track M3 personnel carrier was an armored vehicle used by the United States, the British Empire and the other Allies during World War II and the Cold War. Nearly 43,000 were produced, and supplied to the U.S. Army and Marines, as well as . . . — — Map (db m187325) HM
The M-47 saw short service with US Forces from 1951 to 1953. It was the second tank to be named after General George S. Patton, commander of the U.S. Third Army during World War II and one of the earliest American advocates of tank warfare. It was a . . . — — Map (db m180828) HM
The Russian MiG-17 is an improved version of the MiG-15. The 17 was first flown in January 1951 and production was started later that year but it never saw combat during the Korean War. It became the standard sub-sonic fighter for the Warsaw pact . . . — — Map (db m187337) HM
Originally known as , "Obelisk Square", this park was completed in 1930 and is situated between the American Legion Mall and the Indiana World War Memorial. Its main feature is the Obelisk fountain. This portion of the Plaza was designed originally . . . — — Map (db m132862) HM
With the faith and courage of their forefathers who made possible the freedom of these United States The Boy Scouts of America dedicate this copy of the Statue of Liberty as a pledge of everlasting fidelity and loyalty 40th Anniversary . . . — — Map (db m177079) HM
With the faith and courage of
their forefathers who made
possible the freedom of these
United States
The Boy Scouts of America
dedicate this replica of the
Statue of Liberty as a pledge
of everlasting fidelity and
loyalty . . . — — Map (db m89676) HM
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