A picture I took when I was last there paying my respects to our fallen heroes. God bless them, and all of you!
Posted on 10/03/2008 7:31:41 PM PDT by syriacus
Scenes from The National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, located in Punchbowl Crater.
The inscription below the statue of Lady Columbia, taken from Abraham Lincoln's letter to Mrs. Bixby, reads:
THE SOLEMN PRIDE THAT MUST BE YOURS TO HAVE LAID SO COSTLY A SACRIFICE UPON THE ALTAR OF FREEDOM
There is a small chapel within the memorial, which is also featured in this slideshow.
My uncle’s name appears there in the 2nd(?) Court of the Missing. His Corsair was last seen “in a steep attacking dive” 30 miles east of Chudo Island, North Korea in May, 1953. Semper Fi.
I’m grateful to your Uncle for his service, NaughtiusMaximus.
May he rest in peace.
A picture I took when I was last there paying my respects to our fallen heroes. God bless them, and all of you!
Thank you, MarineBrat, for contributing a photo from your visit to the National Memorial Cemetery.
“Known but to God”
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