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Military Statues and Memorials

Diverse war memorials and statues commemorating soldiers and significant military figures, reflecting sculptural artistry across different locations.

The Iwo Jima Statue in Arlington, VA in 1987
The Iwo Jima Statue in Arlington, VA in 1987
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Monuments, Concord, 'Minute Man,' by Daniel C. French , Monuments, Minutemen Militia. Frank Cousins Glass Plate Negatives Collection
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Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar, the Cid Campeador, work of Luis Moreno Cutando, , El Poyo del Cid, Calamocha, province of Teruel, Aragon, Spain Copyright: xZoonar.com/Tolox 21786139
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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.
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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
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War Monument, village of Courpiere, Puy de Dome, Auvergne, France, Europe
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Firefighter memorial, Pioneer Square neighborhood, Seattle, WA
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Maxwelltown War Memorial - in memory of the soldiers of the Burgh of Maxwelltown and the Parish of Troqueer, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, who fell during WWI. Sculpture by Henry Price. circa 1920s
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Belarus, Minsk, New State Museum of 1941-1945 War History
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54th Massachusetts First Black Regiment, Civil War Monument, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC.
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Exclusion zone, in the uninhabitable 30-kilometre zone around the Chernobyl power plant and the workers' settlement of Pripyat, the monument to the liquidators, participants in the clean-up work at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, Ukraine, Europe
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Statue of a soldier at a street, Union League Of Philadelphia, Broad Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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Monument 1st US Infantry Division Memorial at Omaha Beach, Colleville-sur-Mer, Calvados, Normandy, France, Europe
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German military cemetery, St. Etiennes a Arnes, Champagne, France, Europe
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Ukraine. Autonomous Republic of Crimea. Feodosiya. Monument in honor of participants in the Second World War in the 30th anniversary of victory over Nazi Germany.
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Symbolic grave stone for the cavalry, Park of Remembrance, Open Air Museum World War I on the Colle Sant'Elia hill, Isonzo, Redipuglia, Province of Gorizia, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy, Europe
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George Washington Memorial Parkway - Part of the Vietnam Memorial. Placed near The Wall in 1984, this statue of three servicemen is part of the Vietnam Memorial. The National Mall, Washington, District of Columbia (38.891° N 77.048° W)
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Monument to Financial Guard Deads for Patria during WWI, 1930 by Amleto Cataldi (1882-1930). Detail. Rome. Italy.
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Alabama Memorial, Gettysburg, Pa. , Monuments & memorials, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States
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Photograph of the new POW/MIA statue at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi. Base: Keesler Air Force Base State: Mississippi (MS) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is in front of the National War Memorial, Confederation Square, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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The Maj. Gen. Joseph H. Pendelton monument is set on display during the unveiling ceremony on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Dec. 1, 2022. Camp Pendleton unveiled a historical monument dedicated to Pendleton for his efforts to establish a permanent Marine Corps presence in Southern California.... the good weather and proximity of the harbor to the new Panama Canal makes San Diego a natural choice as a base for the Marine Corps Advanced Base Force to be stationed on the West Coast, said Col. Joseph H. Pendleton.
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Canada, Quebec, Montreal, Dominion Square, Boer War Memorial.
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Garda Lake, Italy 3 January 2025: Bronze statue of a soldier carrying a fallen comrade at the base of a tall obelisk war memorial in bardolino, lake garda, italy
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War memorial in winter, snow in Maulbronn
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Iwo Jima Marine Memorial in Washington, DC at sunrise
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The Three Soldiers at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington D.C. at night. Dated 21st Century
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The Battle of Britain monument alongside the River Thames, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe
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Army reformer August Count Neidhardt von Gneisenau
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Chief Master Sgt. Nicholas Tonino, 19th Airlift Wing command chief, stakes a POW/MIA flag, culminating a 24-hour POW/MIA remembrance run at Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas, Sept. 16, 2022. The flag was carried continuously by volunteers across the base to pay tribute to the nations former prisoners of war and those service members who are still missing in action.
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Ranger Monument Utah Beach
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Kuban cossacks, Krasnodar, Russia, Europe
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Falkland Islands, East Falkland, Stanley. Monument memorial of 1914 battle
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Photographs depicting military activities in France, May - June 1940. Included photographs of Rommel, Guderian, Dreuz, Bottcher, Italian General Garaboldi, Lucie Rommel, shots of Rommel with Hitler. Photographs of equipment and troops arriving and in action, from the personal collection of Rommel.
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Katyn Memorial in Jersey City, USA Jersey City, United States - September 19, 2019: The Katyn Memorial, which is dedicated to the victims of the Katyn massacre in 1940. Created by Polish-American sculptor Andrzej Pitynski in 1991. Copyright: xZoonar.com/OliverxFoerstnerx 14502311
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Sculpture close-up, Arkansas Fallen Firefighters' Memorial, Arkansas State Capitol Building, Little Rock, AR
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Italy, Piedmont, Stresa, Alpini Soldier Monument
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Statue of The Three Soldiers, also The Three Servicemen, Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, DC, USA
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Monument to minesweepers killed in the First World War and the Second World War, near Alte Liebe, Cuxhaven, Lower Saxony, Germany, Europe
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eternal flame monument Soviet Army Monument burning flame of eternal fire in honor of the victory in World War II ,model released, Symbolfoto Copyright: xZoonar.com/AleksandrxKichiginx 9855282 ,model released, Symbolfoto ,property released
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Soldiers monument at India Gate night in New Delhi of Amar Jawan Jyoti Image of Soldiers monument at India Gate night in New Delhi of Amar Jawan Jyoti Copyright: xZoonar.com/CarlosxAndresxMartinezxSubiratsx 21418290
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Iraq, Mosul on 2022-10-18. The city of Mosul and the heritage of its historic city centre under reconstruction after being the capital of the Islamic State and following the destruction caused by the war with Daech. Photograph by Martin Bertrand. Irak, Mossoul le 2022-10-18. La ville de Mossoul et le patrimoine de son centre ville historique en reconstruction apres avoir ete la capitale de l' Etat Islamique et suite aux destruction engendres par la guerre avec Daech. Photographie de Martin Bertrand.
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World War II memorial at the Banzai Cliff in Saipan, Northern Marianas, Central Pacific
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The Iraq and Afghanistan Memorial in London commemorates British citizens, including both military personnel and civilians, who participated in the Gulf War, the Afghanistan War and the Iraq War. In these three conflicts, which took place between 1990 and 2015, 682 British soldiers lost their lives. the memorial is situated in Victoria Embankment Gardens, between the River Thames and the headquarters of the Ministry of Defence. The memorial was designed by Paul Day.
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Anzac Day preperations, The Menin Gate Belgium
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Northern Ireland, Belfast, Boundary Street. Political murals from the Ulster defence union in Boundary street.
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Charles Shay memorial, Omaha Beach, Normandy, France. Charles Shay, an American Indian, was a medic on D-day and saved soldiers lives
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Yokota Air Base, Japan Air Self-Defense Force Airmen and Shizuoka City citizend, gathered at the B-29 Monument at the top of Mt. Shizuhata to participate in a U.S.-Japan Joint Memorial Service June 11, 2022, at Shizuoka city, Japan. The memorial service provided participants the opportunity to honor those who lost their lives during a World War II air raid on June 20, 1945. During the raid, two U.S. Army Air Forces B-29 Superfortresses collided mid-air over Shizuoka City, resulting in the death of 23 Airmen on board the aircraft. Representatives of the U.S. Air Forces Yokota Air Base, Japan Self Defense Force, and Shizuoka City rendered their respects to the Airmen and Japanese civilians who lost their lives as a result of the tragedy, and reflected on the strong alliance the U.S. and Japan have forged since the end of World War II.
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Captain Mainwaring statue from Dad's Army TV series, Thetford, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, Europe
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Sanctuary Wood Cemetery for the dead of the First World War, 5 km east of Ypres, Belgium. Sanctuary Wood was named by British troops in November 1914 when it was used to shelter troops. Fighting took place in it in September 1915 and it was fought over by Canadian and German soldiers during the Battle of Mount Sorrel in early June 1916. The majority of these graves are from the battles around Ypres in 1914 and the Allied offensive in late 1917.
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Midway Atoll Battle memorial
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Col. Barry Crane, 307th Mission Support Group commander, Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, speaks to military members during the Gettysburg staff ride Oct. 26, 2022 at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Reserve Citizen Airmen from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio; Minneapolis-St. Paul Air Reserve Station; Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina; Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio; and Westover Air Reserve Base, Massachusetts; ventured to the historic battlegrounds of Gettysburg to reflect on what it means to be a leader. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Patrick OReilly)
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Bomb at the bridge on the River Kwai, River Kwai Museum, Kanchanaburi, Kanchanaburi province, Central Thailand, Thailand, Asia