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Major Isaac Harrison's Tensas Calvary

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Saint Joseph, Louisiana.
Marker text lists Commissioned Officers and Non-Commissioned Officers as well as enlisted personnel on both sides.

(Military • War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Ahola Corporation

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near Breksville, Ohio.
The Aloha Corporation is the world’s longest continuously operating family-focused payroll service provider. It was founded in 1967 by computer programmer Chet Ahola, known at the time as a “computer” (not a machine, but a . . .

(Industry & Commerce) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Brecksville Township’s First Settler

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near Broadview Heights, Ohio.
In 1811, Colonel John Breck sent Seth Paine to survey a new township of the Western Reserve. Travelling from Massachusetts, the Paine family journeyed by wagon pulled by a team of oxen, a trip that took them forty-two days. . . .

(Education • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Judge Samuel Hinckley / John Brongers

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Hinckley, Ohio.
Judge Samuel Hinckley. As a member of the Connecticut Land Company, Judge Samuel Hinckley of North Hampton, Massachusetts purchased township 4N Range 13W of the Western Reserve in 1795 for a sum equivalent to 23 cents an . . .

(Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

4th Infantry (Ivy) Division

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Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia.
4th Infantry (Ivy) Division "Steadfast and loyal"

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

"Price of Freedom"

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Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia.
Iwo Jima Okinawa Peleliu Midway Coral Sea Guadalcanal Battle of the Philippine Sea Leyte Gulf Babble of the Bulge Operation Overloard D-Day Invasion Operation Torch Invasion of Northern Africa Crossing the Rhine Operation . . .

(War, World II) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Women in Military Service for America Memorial

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Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia.
[Quotes are etched in glass on the top of the memorial:] I'm still so very proud of my Naval service. I would do it again if I could. Mildred Pearl Lane, Yeoman 2nd Class, US Navy, World War I This award doesn't have . . .

(Military • Women) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

551st Parachute Infantry Battalion

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Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia.
1942 - 1945 551st Parachute Infantry Battalion in remembrance Ne les oubliez jamais World War II

(Air & Space • War, World II) Includes location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.

American Revolution American Red Maple

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Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia.
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(War, US Revolutionary) Includes complete text, location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.

WW II Glider Pilots

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Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia.
In memory of our heroic dead of WW II-who shall be forever young The National WW II Glider Pilots Association "We few, we happy few, we band of brothers"

(Air & Space • War, World II) Includes location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.

56th Field Artillery Bn

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Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia.
Dedicated by 56th Field Artillery Bn of the 8th Infantry Div. to our fallen brothers World War II

(War, World II) Includes location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.

454th Bombardment Group

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Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia.
Fifteenth Air Force 304th Bombardment Wing 454th Bombardment Group (H) AAF San Giovanni Airfield, Italy 1944 - 1945 "Memorializing those who made the Supreme Sacrifice" "Honoring all who served" Placed in 1993 by former . . .

(Air & Space • War, World II) Includes complete text, location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.

Homeland

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Glendale, California.
Mansion built by W. F. Markham, developer and inventor of the Markham Air Rifle at Plymouth, Michigan in 1886. Gardens formerly used as bird sanctuary.

(Architecture • Industry & Commerce) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Military Chaplains Association Memorial

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Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia.
Honoring all who served The Military Chaplains Association of the United States of America

(Military) Includes location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.

487th Bomb Group

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Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia.
To the Men of the 487th Bomb Group (H) Lost in Action 1943 -- 1945 487th Bomb Group (H) 836th Squadron 837th Squadron 838th Squadron 839th Squadron U.S. Army Air Force 8th Air Force Station 137 Lavenham, Suffolk England I . . .

(Air & Space • War, World II) Includes complete text, location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.

U.S.S. Boston

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Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia.
U.S.S. Boston ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Dedicated to all shipmates who served on U.S.S. Boston From 1776 to tomorrow

(Military • Waterways & Vessels) Includes location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.

Military Officers Association of America Memorial

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Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia.
This living memorial is dedicated to all the men and women of the uniformed services, past and present. Their sacrifices and dedication ensure that America remains the Land of the Free.

(Military) Includes location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.

Jumping Mustangs

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Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia.
Jumping Mustangs 1st Battalion, 8th Cavalry (Air Assault, Airborne, Airmobile) 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) This tree is dedicated to all the skytroopers who served in the battalion during the Vietnam Era 1965 - 1971. It . . .

(Air & Space • War, Vietnam) Includes complete text, location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.

511 Parachute Infantry Regiment

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Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia.
In honor of the valiant paratroopers who made the supreme sacrifice in liberating the Philippines. This regiment secured peace in the Asiatic-Pacific theatre of war and was the first to occupy Japan

(Air & Space • War, World II) Includes location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.

416th Bombardment Group

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Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia.
4th Service Group - 79th Station Complement - 199th Medical Detachment - 21st Weather - 1297 Military Police - Red Cross Dedicated in memory of the Gallant 416th Airmen and the diligent support personnel whose supreme . . .

(Air & Space • War, World II) Includes complete text, location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.
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