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Clyde Grubb • Lester Baver

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Fort Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania.
With sincere and deep appreciation the Men of "A" Company 36th Armored Infantry Regiment Third Armored Division place this plaque to commemorate Clyde Grubb Clyde took it upon himself to acquire Army permission to locate . . .

(War, World II • Man-Made Features • Patriots & Patriotism) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Frank Smolik • Bob Pacios

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Fort Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania.
With sincere and deep appreciation the Men of "A" Company 36th Armored Infantry Regiment Third Armored Division place this plaque to commemorate the editors of The Spearhead Doughboy "A" Company's newsletter Frank Smolik . . .

(Communications • War, World II • Patriots & Patriotism) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

M110 Howitzer

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Fort Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania.
The M110 203mm self-propelled howitzer, commonly known as the 8-inch, first entered service with the US Army in 1963. The M110A2 variant presently displayed included the longer M201 cannon tube of the M110A1 model and the . . .

(War, Cold • War, Vietnam • Wars, Non-US • War, 1st Iraq & Desert Storm) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

M42 Duster

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Fort Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania.
This M42 40mm Self-Propelled Anti-Aircraft Gun commonly referred to as "Duster" was built for the United States Army from 1952 until the end of 1959. A total of 3,700 M42 were built by the General Motors [Corp] under their . . .

(War, Cold • War, Vietnam) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Saint-Avold Tribute to 3rd American Army

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Fort Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania.
The town of Saint-Avold in gratitude to her Liberators of the 3rd American Army

(War, World II) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

"The Louvre"

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, Mexico.
"El Louvre" (Antigua casa de fundadores de Mérida) Este antiguo edificio ocupa el lugar donde en tiempos de la fundación de Mérida estuvo un "cerro" o montículo que según se cree, era un monumento prehispánico semioculto ya . . .

(Native Americans • Colonial Era • Man-Made Features • Anthropology) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Allenton Farm/Creating Beaver Island State Park

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Grand Island, New York.
Allenton Farm & the Villa at River Lea At Allentown Farm on the southern end of Grand Island, Lewis F. Allen introduced new crops, improved his beef cattle through careful breeding, conducted experiments to increase his . . .

(Agriculture • Entertainment • Charity & Public Work) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Grover Cleveland & Grand Island/Lewis F. Allen & Western New York

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Grand Island, New York.
Grover Cleveland & Grand Island Young Grover Cleveland, inspired by his uncle Lewis F. Allen's experimental work with cattle, visited Allentown Farm and stayed to maintain the farm records. Cleveland eventually worked as an . . .

(Agriculture • Entertainment • Abolition & Underground RR) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Barry and Bill Battle

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Charlottesville, Virginia.
The Battle Building at UVA Children's Hospital is named for Barry W. and William C. "Bill" Battle, longtime supporters of children's healthcare research and clinical care in central Virginia. Barry Webb Battle was inaugural . . .

(Science & Medicine) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

In the Beginning

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Quantico, Virginia.
1500s •Northern part of Quantico inhabited by Manahoac Branch Algonquin Indians. 1600s •Captain John Smith of Jamestown explored the Quantico area and found the Potomac River watershed teeming with fish, crabs, oysters, bald . . .

(Military) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Growth of Training

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Quantico, Virginia.
1900 •The School of Application reopened with eight students. 1901 •The School of Application closed again as students embarked for the Philippine Insurrection and the Chinese Boxer Rebellion. Name Game! Between 1901 and . . .

(Military) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Obici-Oderzo Fountain Marker

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Suffolk, Virginia.
A Fountain for Suffolk This fountain, dedicated to the City of Suffolk, embodies elements of classic design which symbolize the ancient Roman origins of Oderzo, Italy. The mosaic tiles forming the amphora, or vase, are a . . .

(Industry & Commerce • Notable Persons • Arts, Letters, Music) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

"The Omnibus"

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, Mexico.
El Omnibus Esta equina ya recibía el nombre de “El Omnibus” en la relación que registra Gonzalo Cámara Zavala en 1948 debido a que en 1889 se estableció el primer servicio urbano de camiones de tracción animal para . . .

(Industry & Commerce • Roads & Vehicles) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

M578 LRV

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Fort Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania.
Developed and used during the Cold War, the M578 Light Recovery Vehicle (LRV) was developed to change the barrels in the M107 self-propelled 175mm gun and the M110 self-propelled 8 inch (203mm) howitzer. Once in service the . . .

(War, Cold • War, Vietnam • Man-Made Features • Wars, Non-US) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Pedz Balam House

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, Mexico.
Casa Pedz Balam Calle 60 x 61 No. 500 En lo profundo de los muros de Mérida se pueden descubrir las piedras labradas que en este mismo Centro Histórico levantaron – desde el siglo III a.C. hasta el siglo XVI de nuestra era . . .

(Native Americans • Man-Made Features • Anthropology • Architecture) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

M915A1 Line Haul Tractor

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Fort Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania.
When the military travels world wide they tend to bring a lot of material. The M915A1 was developed as a way to streamline the shipping of needed material used by the military over the standard 2 1/2 and 5 ton trucks. The . . .

(War, Cold • Man-Made Features • Roads & Vehicles) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

M2/M59 Howitzer

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Fort Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania.
This M52 (155mm) Towed Howitzer was the standard heavy field gun for the United [S]tates during World War II. During World War I the United States was poorly equipped with heavy artillery. To address this issue, the U.S. . . .

(War, World II • War, Cold • War, Korean • War, Vietnam) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

San Juan Comalapa Memorial to Genocide Victims

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, Guatemala.
Coordinador Nacional de Viudas de Guatemala “Conavigua” “Las osamentas y la historia de la verdad” “En memoria a nuestros niños, niñas, mujeres y hombres quienes fueron victimas del genocidio y la represión en los años . . .

(Native Americans • Wars, Non-US) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Veterans of the Battle of the Bulge

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Fort Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania.
The World War II Federation proudly dedicates this monument to the six hundred thousand American men and women who, in World War II fought three German Armies in the Ardennes Forest of Belgium and Luxembourg and won the . . .

(War, World II • Patriots & Patriotism) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Temple of San Juan de Dios

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, Mexico.
Templo de San Juan de Dios Atribuido en un principio a Nuestra Señora del Rosario, el Templo de San Juan de Dios terminó de construirse el 18 de mayo de 1562. Provisionalmente sirvió de Catedral durante la construcción de . . .

(Churches, Etc. • Colonial Era • Man-Made Features) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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