Memorials Honoring Soldiers

A collection of significant military memorials featuring inscriptions, flowers, and tributes to soldiers, evoking a somber and respectful atmosphere.

The Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C, USA. (Editorial Use Only)

The Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C, USA. (Editorial Use Only)

Rose on the War Memorial of Vietnam Washington

Things left at the Vietanm Memorial to honor those who gave their lives in the Vietnam War.

Commemorative stone at the Passchendaele Canadian Memorial (Crest Farm) for the actions of the Canadian Corps at Passchendaele during World War I

Flag and flowers against the list of names on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington D.C., United States of America, North America

Flowers left Vietnam War Memorial, Washington DC USA

Edge of the Wilderness - Veterans Memorial in Big Fork. This memorial in Big Fork pays tribute to veterans of past wars. Location: Minnesota (47.744° N 93.646° W)

A rememberance wreath is displayed on behalf of the 100th Airlift Refueling Wing during a memorial ceremony at Cambridge American cemetery, at Madingley, England, May 30, 2022. The event was held to commemorate the 80th anniversary of Operation Bolero. (U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Tarelle Walker).

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Kennedy Space Center Employees and guests placed wreaths and flowers at the Space Mirror Memorial at the spaceport's Visitor Complex during NASA's Day of Remembrance. The annual event took place on the 10th anniversary of the loss of the space shuttle Columbia and its crew and was hosted by the Astronauts Memorial Foundation. The ceremony also honored the astronauts of Apollo 1, who perished in 1967, and the shuttle Challenger, lost in 1986, as well as other astronauts who lost their lives while furthering the cause of exploration and discovery. Dedicated in 1991, the names of fallen astronauts are emblazoned the monument's 4.5-foot-high-by-50-foot-wide polished black granite surface which reflects the sky and has been designated by Congress as a National Memorial.

vietnam veterans memorial, washington dc

Detail of names on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C, USA. (Editorial Use Only)

Vietnam Veterans Memorial

People at the Wall, Vietnam Veterans Memorial; Washington D.C., United States of America

Shot of the Vietnam Memorial or "The Wall" with the Washington monument in the background. The wall is a poignant reminder for the deployed members of the Armed Forces Inaugural Committee (AFIC), and to all serving in the US Armed Forces of the sacrifice others have given in service to their country. Base: Washington State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Great War battle site at Vimy Ridge, France. The area encompasses Commonwealth graves, historical remains and a memorial and interpretation centre.

Statue of army soldiers at a memorial, Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Phoenix, Arizona, USA

Vietnam war memorial, Washington DC, USA

Close-up of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall, Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C., USA

The grave of General George S. Patton was one of the many visited during Victory in Europe Day celebrations at Hamm Military Cemetery. Base: Luxembourg Country: Luxembourg (LUX)

A wreath is displayed on the memorial site for Ronald Reagan following an annual wreath-laying ceremony at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum in Simi Valley, California, Feb. 6, 2024. This ceremony is an annual event to commemorate the life and legacy of the 40th president of the United States, Ronald Reagan, and is held every year on his birthday by presidential declaration. Marine Corps

Azerbaijan, Baku. Shahidler Xiyabani Memorial Park, Martyr's Lane, dedicated to the fallen in the Nagorno Karabakh War, military memorials

The City of Jacksonville burns an eternal flame in honor of their fallen sons and daughters at the Duval County Veterans Memorial Wall. Base: Jacksonville State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

The Vietnam Veterans Memorial superimposed on the Vietnam Veterans statue. Base: Washington State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

PITI, GUAM (May 30, 2022) - Sailors from Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) participated in a Memorial Day Commemoration, including a wreath-laying ceremony at Guam Veterans Cemetery, May 30. Mercy is currently underway for Pacific Partnership 2022. Now in its 17th year, Pacific Partnership is the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific.

WASHINGTON DC IWO JIMA MEMORIAL

Lithuania, Kaunas, Concentration camp, ""Way of Death

Flag and Flowers in front of Vietnam Wall Memorial, Washington, D.C.

A family member pays her respects during the 26th Annual Khobar Towers Memorial Ceremony at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, June 23, 2022. On June 25, 1996, 19 Airmen were killed and 498 U.S. and international military and civilians were injured in a terrorist attack, 12 of the 19 killed were Nomads.

A drummer from the U.S. Army Band, "Pershing's Own" participates in an Armed Forces Full Honors Wreath-Laying Ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va., Jan. 13, 2023. The wreath was laid by Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.

Vietnam Veterans Memorial; Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America

Famous Washington DC Iwo Jima Marine Memorial of flag raising in bronze to help end World War II

The grave of JFK or President John F Kennedy at Arlington National Cemetery in Washington DC.

Members of Parachute Group Holland, and multiple veterans of the 82nd Airborne Division, lay flowers and a wreath in honor of the Division at the 82nd Memorial in Groesbeek, Netherlands, on September 16, 2022. The 82nd Airborne Division jumped onto the nearby Drop Zone "N" on September 17, 1944, as part of Operation Market Garden during World War II.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A wreath is displayed at the foot of the Space Mirror Memorial at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida during a ceremony to honor space shuttle Challenger's STS-51L crew members who gave their lives for while furthering the cause of exploration and discovery. 2011 marks the 25th anniversary of the loss of Challenger, which broke apart over the Atlantic Ocean 73 seconds into flight on Jan. 28, 1986.NASA/Jack Pfaller

Ames and Moffett Field (MFA) historical sites and memorials Navy Patrol Squadron 50 Memorial Plaque and surrounding (located between Moffett Post office and Bldg 3 along McCord Avnue. In memory of the shipmentes lost at sea 21 March 1991.... Still on Station

Vietnam Veterans memorial, Washington DC, USA

Menin Gate, Menenpoort, WW1 memorial for the missing soldiers of Commonwealth nations who died in Ypres Salient during First World War One, Belgium.

Hungary. Budapest. Kossuth Lajos Ter (square of the Parlamient). Anniversary of the Revolt of October 23th 1956. Homage To the Statue of the President Imre Nagy.

Names of the soldiers fallen in WW I. Canadian National Vimy Memorial (First World War Memorial) on the Vimy Ridge near the town of Arras.

North America, USA, Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, Murrah Federal Building Memorial, Field of Empty Chairs representing, 168 Men, Women and Children Killed in Bomb Blast.

011019-F-5114B-154. Complete Scene Caption: Close up of flower wreaths laid at the El Alamein Cemetery during the Battle of El Alamein Memorial Ceremony, during Exercise BRIGHT STAR 01/02. The Ceremony commemorated the battle between axis and allied forces for the control of Egypt during WW II. Participants in the Bright Star Exercise took time out to attend the Memorial Ceremony. BRIGHT STAR 01/02 is a multinational exercise involving more than 74,000 troops from 44 countries that enhances regional stability and military-to-military cooperation among our key allies, and our regional partners. It prepares US Central Command to rapidly deploy and employ the forces needed to deter aggressors and, if necessary, fight and win side-by-side with our allies and regional partners. Subject Operation/Series: BRIGHT STAR EXCERCISE 01/02 Base: El Alamein Country: Egypt (EGY)

Memorial Landmark

American Military Cemetery in Tunis Tunisia Africa where WWII heros rest

Micronesia, Saipan, American Memorial Park, plaque commemorating World War II battles, Court of Honor and Flag Circle

USA, New York, New York City, Lower Manhattan, names inscribed on the National September 11 Memorial fountain

Winter weather at Arlington National Cemetery at Arlington, Va., Jan. 16, 2024.

Unit tribute wall at the Museum of the Army, Fort Belvoir, Virginia.

A memorial wreath stands before the Space Mirror Memorial at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex during this years Day of Remembrance ceremony. Each year, Kennedy employees and guests gather with others throughout NASA to honor those astronauts who have fallen in the pursuit of space exploration.

USA, Washington, DC - Vietnam Monument with floral wreath and flag

Ames and Moffett Field (MFA) historical sites and memorials Navy Patrol Squadron 50 Memorial Plaque and surrounding (located between Moffett Post office and Bldg 3 along McCord Avnue. In memory of the shipmentes lost at sea 21 March 1991.... Still on Station

Low angle view of a statue, US Marine Corps War Memorial, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, USA

The Ohio National Guard, Sgt. 1st Class Daniel B. Crabtree Special Forces Facility officially unveiled a memorial for SFC Crabtree, October 15, 2022, at Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base, Ohio. Crabtree was killed in 2006 when an improvised explosive device struck his vehicle during his deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Ottawa's Major's Hill Park interpretive display.

Mementos at the base of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on the day before its official dedication. Base: Washington State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Commemorative stone at the Passchendaele Canadian Memorial (Crest Farm) for the actions of the Canadian Corps at Passchendaele during World War I

Tourists visitng the Atlantic Theater World War II memorial in DC

Prime Minister Robert Muldoon of New Zealand laying a reef at a war memorial in Athens. Dated 1978

Pacific Islands Tour: Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides to Guam, U.S. Territory

Crash site of B-18 Bomber on Mount Waternomee in Woodstock, New Hampshire USA. Crashed on January 14, 1942. Out of seven crew members, five survived the crash and were able to remove themselves from the wreckage. The remaining two members died when the plane exploded.

Jewish visitors at Dachau concentration camp

China, Jiangsu Province, Nanjin City, Nanjin Massacre Memorial

USA, Utah, Ballard, Northern Ute Veteran's Memorial, Battlefield Cross

Chief of Staff of the Army Gen. George W. Casey Jr. observes President Gerald Ford's grave site during a visit to Grand Rapids, Mich., June 17, 2008.

Australian War Memorial, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, Pacific

Senior Airman Demarion Davis, 2022 Outstanding Airman of the Year representing United States Air Forces Europe and Air Forces Africa, looks at a memorial centerpiece at the Air Force Memorial in Arlington, Va., Sept. 18, 2022. Davis, along with the other 12 Outstanding Airmen of the Year, attended a National Capital region tour where they visited different historical and national landmarks across Virginia, Maryland and Washington, D.C.

United States. Washington D.C. Vietnam Veterans Memorial. 20th century.

Man running past Calgary Soldiers' Memorial with Canadian flag, part of the city's Landscape of Memory project

110909-M-KZ372-023NEW YORK (Sept. 9, 2011) A Sailor lays a white rose at the base of a memorial made from a recovered piece of the World Trade Center at the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum. The amphibious transport dock ship USS New York (LPD 21) is participating in numerous events throughout the city honoring the victims and responders from the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. New York was built with 7.5 tons of steel recovered from the World Trade Center.

The U.S. flag is shown set at half staff Dec. 7, 2022, at the installation flagpole at Fort McCoy, Wis., in honor of Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day. National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, also referred to as Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day or Pearl Harbor Day, is observed annually in the United States on December 7, to remember and honor the 2,403 Americans who were killed in the Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii on December 7, 1941, which led to the United States declaring war on Japan the next day and thus entering World War II.

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Gettysburg National Military Park, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, where he participated in ceremonies commemorating the 144th anniversary of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, conversed with National Park Service staff and visitors, and toured the Park, including the construction site for the new Visitors Center

Eternal Fire, memorial complex Brest Fortress.

Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Arc De Triomphe, Paris, France. (Editorial Use Only)

WASHINGTON, D.C. USA. Vietnam War Memorial in autumn. (Editorial Usage Only)

Feathers placed on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Ottawa, Ontario, in memory of the Indigenous soldiers who gave their lives for Canada.

Artist Abbe Godwin lays flowers at the base of the Corpsmen Memorial. Godwin is the artist behind the statue which she entitled "CorpsmanUp." The memorial was officially unveiled to the public on October 12, 2022.

England, London, Green park, powerful striker Command Memorial,

U.S. Marine Corps members render a hand salute during the playing of taps during a memorial ceremony held at Stafford County War Memorial, Stafford, Virginia, May 27, 2022. Each year service members are honored for their service and sacrifice to the United States of Armerica.

Minuteman, Lexington i.e. Concord , Monuments & memorials, Public sculpture, Minutemen Militia. Edmund L. Mitchell Collection

A view of a new memorial to fallen Wisconsin State Patrol troopers is shown Sept. 16, 2022, at Fort McCoy, Wis., at the Wisconsin State Patrol Academy. The new memorial was dedicated Sept. 9, 2022, by the Wisconsin Department of Transportation. The academy is a tenant organization at Fort McCoy.

Vietnam War Veterans Memorial, Sacramento, California, USA

Civil War soldier cemetery grave stone with American Flag Civil war soldier grave with dated stone and green grass field. American flag is beside it with copy space. No people. Shot outdoors in natural light. Copyright: xZoonar.com/MARYxNOBLExSALENx 20347761

Veterans Memorial Plaza is shown May 12, 2022, at the Commemorative Area at Fort McCoy, Wis. The 900 block of Fort McCoy and the 11-acre area surrounding it are at the hub of the forts history-preservation efforts and is called the Commemorative Area. The Commemorative Area consists of five World War II-era buildings set aside to help tell Fort McCoy's unique story. These facilities are representative of the types found in the cantonment area when it was constructed in 1942. Three of the buildings an administrative facility, a dining facility, and a barracks are set up to depict Soldier life during the 1940s. Display items include a World War II chapel, bunk beds, footlockers, mannequins, and potbelly stoves. Another building highlights four different modern military training venues, and a separate facility shows various training aids. The area also has the Equipment Park. Veterans Memorial Plaza is a tribute to all of the men and women who have served the nation during each era of F

Archbishop of Honiara, Solomon Islands, Chris Cardone begins a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) repatriation ceremony with an invocation and prayer at the American Memorial in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, March 30, 2023. The ceremony was held to repatriate possible remains found during a recent Recovery Mission to the Solomon Islands which will then be taken to DPAA facilities for possible identification in an ongoing effort to account for the 5,800 U.S. service members still missing from Pacific Theater during WWII.

The 9-11 Memorial, commemorating the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon; the focus of the memorial is two pools constructed on the locations where the twin World Trade Center towers stood, New York, NY, USA, North America

Guests and Fort McCoy staff members participating in a Community Leader Engagement event visit Veterans Memorial Plaza on July 6, 2022, at the Commemorative Area at Fort McCoy, Wis. Nearly two dozen community leaders from Tomah, Sparta, Black River Falls, Volk Field, La Crosse, and other nearby municipalities gathered at Fort McCoy to see the posts mission first-hand and learn more about the Army mission at the installation.

Veterans Memorial Plaza is shown Sept. 2, 2022, at the Commemorative Area at Fort McCoy, Wis. The 900 block of Fort McCoy and the 11-acre area surrounding it are at the hub of the forts history-preservation efforts and is called the Commemorative Area. The Commemorative Area consists of five World War II-era buildings set aside to help tell Fort McCoy's unique story. These facilities are representative of the types found in the cantonment area when it was constructed in 1942. Three of the buildings an administrative facility, a dining facility, and a barracks are set up to depict Soldier life during the 1940s. Display items include a World War II chapel, bunk beds, footlockers, mannequins, and potbelly stoves. Another building highlights four different modern military training venues, and a separate facility shows various training aids. The area also has the Equipment Park. Veterans Memorial Plaza is a tribute to all the men and women who have served the nation during each era of For

A memorial for Rebecca Riskin is seen above the Randall Road Debris Basin, Jan. 13, 2023, in Montecito, California, as Soldiers from the California Army National Guards 649th Engineer Company work to reroute water flow in the basin from the San Ysidro Creek as part of the states storm response. The basin area had multiple homes on it when a mudslide hit Jan. 9, 2018 - five years ago this week - killing Riskin and 22 others. The engineers are supporting the Santa Barbara County Office of Emergency Management through the California Governor's Office of Emergency Services.

Annual Rolling Thunder motorcycle rally, on behalf of the Prisoners of War-Missing in Action (POW-MIA) cause, through Washington, D.C., with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne among the participants

Sterling R. Cale, treasurer, Pearl Harbor Survivors Association Unit 1, salutes his fallen comrades in the rear of the USS Arizona Memorial Monday during the Memorial Ceremony and Interment of James Evans Cory, the first Marine to be buried aboard the Arizona since World War II.

Welcome sign at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, USA. (Editorial Use Only)

040607-F-9086B-015. State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides to Pearl Harbor, Honolulu, Hawaii for commemorative events on the 65th anniversary of the Japanese attack

American Memorial at the Hill of Mardasson honours the memory of the 76, 890 American soldiers who were wounded or killed during the Battle of the Bulge, Bastogne, Belgium, Europe

Expedition 36/37 Flight Engineer Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency, a major in the Italian Air Force, salutes in tribute to Russian space icons interred in the Kremlin Wall during a tour of Red Square and the Kremlin in Moscow May 8. Parmitano, Flight Engineer Karen Nyberg of NASA and Soyuz Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin are preparing for their launch May 29, Kazakh time, in their Soyuz TMA-09M spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a six-month mission on the International Space Station.NASA/Stephanie Stoll

North Carolina, Kill Devil Hills, Wright Brothers National Memorial, stone marker for the third successful manned flight

France, Brittany, Coetquidan, Guer on 2021-03-24. Report on the training of the Inter-Arms Military School in Saint-Cyr Coetquidan in Morbihan. The EMIA recruits its students from among active non-commissioned officers and non-commissioned soldiers selected by competition. The cadets follow a two-year training course. At the end of the first year, they are appointed to the rank of second lieutenant, then lieutenant at the end of the second year. Photograph by Martin Bertrand. France, Bretagne, Coetquidan, Guer le 2021-03-24. Reportage sur la formation de l' Ecole militaire interarmes à Saint-Cyr Coetquidan dans le Morbihan. L'EMIA recrute ses eleves parmi les sous-officiers d'active et les militaires du rang selectionnes par concours. Les eleves-officiers suivent une formation de deux ans. A l'issue de la première annee, ils sont nommés au grade de sous-lieutenant, puis de lieutenant a la fin de la seconde annee. Photographie de Martin Bertrand.

ITOMAN, Japan (June 22, 2022) Candles illuminate the Okinawa Peace Memorial Park in Itoman, Okinawa, Japan, June 22, 2022. The candle lighting was held on the eve of Okinawa Memorial Day, a prefectural holiday honoring those who died during the 1945 Battle of Okinawa. U.S. Navy Sailors from Commander, Fleet Activities Okinawa (CFAO) and tenant commands were among the candle lighters. Peace Memorial Park is built on Mabuni Hill, the location of the end of the battle and the current site of memorial walls naming the more than 200,000 dead from all involved nations. This is the first candle lighting held since 2019 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. CFAO maintains and operates facilities to support the U.S. Navy's naval and aviation assets in the Indo-Pacific region.

German and American Flags fly at half-staff outside Wing Headquarters on Ramstein Air Base, Germany, in memory of the victims back home. After apparent terrorist attacks on the World Trade Centers Twin Towers in New York and at the Pentagon, when hijackers deliberately flew civilian airliners into the buildings, on the morning of 11 September 2001, killing themselves, the passengers, and thousands on the ground. Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

Tourist with red cap between the steles of the Holocaust Memorial, Berlin, Germany, Europe

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