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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21WM_lowell-m-anderson_Huntsville-AL.html
(side A)
He proposed this pool to the residents, found the site, raised funds and crews, and put both to work. He trained residents of all ages and professions to operate bulldozers, bend and tie rebar, pour concrete, and plumb a pool. (The deck …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM215U_bessie_Huntsville-AL.html
Bessie, or Elsie, as she was sometimes called, started her life in Huntsville in 1963. Meadow gold Diaries mounted her to their advertising billboard that stood at the corner of Memorial Parkway and Governor's Drive. Painted as a Holstein cow, she…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20DM_spring-migration_Huntsville-AL.html
Returning Home in the SpringEach year millions of North American birds return from their southern wintering quarters in south and Central America. The returns of these birds heralds the arrival of spring and perhaps the most exciting time in a bir…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1K0R_gulf-war-1991-war-on-terrorism_Huntsville-AL.html
(side 1)
Gulf War-1991
I am Nathan Oscar Pardner, a M1A1 Tank Gunner. I came to into the Army in 1988 after a year in Junior College. I was assigned to the 2nd Battalion 33rd Armor of the 3rd Armored Division in Germany. I qualified as a Maste…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1K0Q_cold-war-global-1945-cold-war-germany-1945-1990_Huntsville-AL.html
(side 1)
Cold War-Global
1945-
I am Petty Officer Richard Williamson, Jr. I am proud that my dad served on the first nuclear powered fast attack submarine, the USS Nautilus (SSN 571) which set all kinds of records in the 1950s for length of s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1K0P_korean-war-cold-war-korea-1953_Huntsville-AL.html
(side 1)
Korean War
I am Carlos Jesus Rodriguez, Rifle Squad Leader in F(Fox) Company 31st Regimental Combat Team, 7th Infantry Division (The Bayonet Division). I was stationed in Japan. As an occupation Army, we GIs (Government Issue, i.e. US…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1K0B_1959-1975-vietnam-war-vietnam-war_Huntsville-AL.html
(Side 1)
1959-1975
I am Staff Sergeant Peter Drake in Vietnam. In school we called this place Indochina. I enlisted in the Army out of high school, like the large majority of my fellow infantrymen. We have draftees but the bulk of us volunteer…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1K0A_korean-war-1950-1953_Huntsville-AL.html
(side 1)
Korean War
I am Gunner Sergeant Robert L. Koch of Company C, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division (the OLD Breed). I fought in the Pacific in WWII and joined the Reserves after the war. I thought I was through forev…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1E60_korean-war_Huntsville-AL.html
The Korean War opened on 25 June 1950, when the armed forces of communist North Korea invaded South Korea and marked the first crisis faced by the newly formed United Nations. Led by the United States, a caution of eighteen UN Nations provided tro…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CTQ_world-war-ii-pacific-theater-of-operations-pto_Huntsville-AL.html
I am Private Peter Pirnat from C Company of the 192nd Light Tank Battalion, Ohio National Guard. My unit was stationed in my hometown of Port Clinton, Ohio. We activated for training in August 1940 with our new M3 Light Tanks. I was the Operations…