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Nagasaki, Japan Atomic Bomb Memorial & Museum

Yes, I'm very impressed with the Motherland Statue. It's a beautiful statue in addition to being gigantic. Maybe one day I'll travel over there and see it.

Also, they may not get Crazy Horse done before I die.

I'm not impressed with the Lotus Blossom "statue". It just looks like another building to me. Certainly not comparable to the Motherland Statue. There's something about seeing an enormous, accurately rendered and actively articulated human statue in the middle of a big grassy field that makes it hard to beat (the location of this statue enhances its appeal).

On a more modest note...



a typical Devon memorial from Okehampton, carved of Dartmoor granite.

Pennsylvania War Dog Memorial--Bristol, Pennsylvania



Over the course of our nation's military history, tens of thousands of War Dogs served during WWI, WWII, the Korean Conflict, Vietnam, the Persian Gulf, Bosnia, Iraq, Afghanistan and continue to serve our missions around the globe. America's War Dogs have a long and legendary history for bravery and courage on thousands of unnamed foreign fields of battle, saving countless American lives.

Some military analysts estimate as many as ten thousand U.S. and allied lives were saved during the Vietnam War alone. The casualty rates in all other wars were significantly reduced by thousands as a result of deploying our four-legged soldiers!

These animals performed specialty duties as Scout, Sentry, Tracker, Mine & Booby Trap, Tunnel, Water Patrol, Coast Guard, Search & Rescue, and Explosive Detection. Our War Dogs were not mascots, they were highly trained and proficient four-legged Soldiers, Marines, Airmen and Sailors with names like Prince, Tiger, and Lucky, to name a few.

Our War Dogs worked for food, water, and the love and companionship of their handlers. In return, our War Dogs never gave up on the battlefield. They were heroes!

Of the approximately four-thousand War Dogs that served our Armed Forces during the Vietnam War, all were classified as equipment and termed expendable!

Roughly two-hundred and fifty were re-assigned to another military installation. The several thousand surviving heroes were either given to the South Vietnamese Army or euthanized, by order of government, in a haste to withdraw from the country.

Here in Bristol Township, we have completed our own Pennsylvania State Memorial to honor these four-legged heroes.

A friend who recently served in Iraq tells me that sadly ALL current military dogs are euthanized at the end of their career because their training ruins them for pets.

Battle of Quatre Bras - two days before Waterloo (plus American tourist)

Resistance Memorial - Amsterdam - Holland - Commemorating the fallen Dutch resistance fighters during World War II

Spanish American War Memorial--Springfield, Illinois

I wonder if that is true. Depending on what the dog was trained to do in combat, it should be possible to retrain many of these dogs so they can adapt to civilian life. Dogs learn fairly quickly, and I would imagine military dogs are chosen for their ability to learn and obey commands. Theoretically, at least, some of these dogs should be available for adoption:



From what I've read, however, there is a great deal of red tape involved in trying to adopt a retired military dog.

Turkish War Memorial at Gallipoli - very mpressive from the sea.

UTAH BEACH AMERICAN MEMORIAL--France

The World War II Utah Beach American Memorial is located at the termination of Highway N-13D, approximately a mile and a half northeast of Sainte-Marie-du-Mont (Manche), France. This monument commemorates the achievements of the American Forces of the VII Corps who landed and fought in the liberation of the Cotentin Peninsula from June 6, 1944 to July 1, 1944.

The memorial consists of a red granite obelisk surrounded by a small developed park overlooking the historic sand dunes of Utah Beach, one of the two American landing beaches during the Normandy invasion of June 6, 1944.

Vienna, war memorial

Hope this one of the Turkish memorial above comes out:

World War II National Memorial--Washington, D.C.

The World War II Memorial honors the 16 million who served in the armed forces of the U.S., the more than 400,000 who died, and all who supported the war effort from home. Symbolic of the defining event of the 20th Century, the memorial is a monument to the spirit, sacrifice, and commitment of the American people. The Second World War is the only 20th Century event commemorated on the National Mall's central axis.

Xiangyang, China. 1266-1273 siege, first use of firearms in East

Yekaterinburg War Memorial Russia, commemorating the Afghanistan War .

ZEALS, a small village in Wiltshire. Every village lost some men.

That was a really interesting topic, thanks Dutchy!

I know we've had flowers, fruit etc, but not with pictures. Let's do fruit.



Obvious, but lovely, the APPLE.

We grow plenty here.

I have to buy one of these today...



Cantaloupe

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