This memorial near Arlington Cemetery honors those who have served in the U.S. Air Force. The American designer also designed the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. The Air Force monument was unveiled on October 14, 2006. The three memorial spires range from 201 feet to 270 feet high and appear to be soaring. The design is meant to depict the moves of the Air Force Thunderbirds in a bomb burst maneuver. The three spires without a fourth is deliberate. It is meant to suggest the missing man formation used for funeral fly-overs.
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This sculpture outside the Wounded Warrior West site at Camp Pendleton was modeled after a photo taken during a battle in Iraq in 2004. A wounded soldier is helped from house-to-house fighting by two other soldiers. The sculpture is titled, “No Man Left Behind”. The sculpture project was supported by Hope for the Warriors, a nationwide nonprofit that assists Iraq and Afghanistan veterans and their families.
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Norman Rockwell’s Thanksgiving 1943 Saturday Evening Post cover showed an Italian refugee girl seeking warmth from an American soldier’s jacket. She has a meager meal on her lap. Rockwell’s painting pointed out how American soldiers fighting in Italy during World War II were giving people freedom. Countless American families sat down to Thanksgiving dinner without their loved ones. Their prayers were that they would come home safely. Many would not. Rockwell reminded us during those dark times why our loved ones were over there. Seeing the girl who needed help must have comforted many families who saw more clearly why, and for whom, their loved ones were in harm's way.
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