Roll of Honor at the Waikīkī War Memorial Natatorium in Honolulu, Hawai'i

In honor of the upcoming Memorial Day and for The Honor Roll Project, I decided to transcribe the War Memorial Honor Roll at the Waikīkī War Memorial Natatorium in Honolulu, Hawai'i.

The plaque outside the War Memorial Natatorium honors 101 residents of the then-territory of Hawai'i who died in service in World War I.  Flowers and lei are presented at the monument each Veterans Day and Memorial Day.  The plaque was created and placed in 1931.

Above:  Roll of Honor - Pihana [cropped; credit Pihana Kea, November 2017] / Waikiki Natatorium / CC BY 2.0

Below:  20080525246 [cropped, 25 May 2008]  / Waikiki Natatorium / CC BY 2.0

Here is the transcription of the memorial.  The Latin phrase "Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori" is a line from the Odes (III.2.13) by the Roman lyric poet Horace.  The line translates as "It is sweet and fitting to die for the homeland."

Roll of Honor

“Dulce Et Decorum Est Pro Patria Mori”

In the Service of the United States

Army

Vidal Agar | Adam Young Aki | Frank K. Aki Jr. | Bragee Arcilo | Ariston Arozal | Cipriano Bega | Anastacio Bueno | Esteban Castillo | Richard Belmont Caston | Henry Henley Chapman | Chin Sung Choy | Bidal Ciempoon | Alexander C. Cornelison | Julian Daguman | Juan De la Cruz | Carel J. De Roo | Frank P. Dolin | George K. Dwight | Rufino Esbra | Anatalio Eugenio | Henry J. Evans | Ephraim H. Ezera | Louis J. Gaspar | Francis J. Green | Abraham Hauli | Edmund Hedemann | Daniel K. Iopa | Edward J. Iskow | Kuulei John Kaea | Edward N. Kahokuoluna | Sam Kainoa | Charles Kalaeloa | Apau Kau | Charles Kino | Edward K. Kuaimoku | Han Young Lee | John A. Makua | Kenneth D. Marr |  Anthony R. Mattos | Philip Overton Mills | Sam Moke | Mariano Monsieur | Peter Naia | George O’Connor | John S. O’Dowda | Aurelio Orbe | Joe Puali | Juan Quibal | Manuel Ramos | William Russell Riley | Richard F. Rodrigues | John R. Rowe | Pablo R. Santos | Jose Sarsosa | William K. Scholtz | Rufo Tenebre | Moses Thomas | Paustino Tingking | George B. Tom | George M. Turner | Henry K. Unuivi | Manuel G. Valent | Frank C. Viera Jr. | James Waialeale | Levi Waihoikala | Clarence J. Watson | David L. Withington

Navy

Paul H. Auerbach | Archibald Bal | Frederick Char | Edward Fuller | Manuel Gouveia Jr. | Ivan Mantrose Graham | Herman Kaaukea | John Kana | Ralph J. Kauhane | Frank Raymond | John A. Silva | Charles F. A. Warren Jr.

In the Service of Great Britain

F. S. Blackwood | James H. R. Bryant | Kenneth Cameron | B. Clair Churchill | Alexander Collie | Henry L. Davies | J. Douglas | H. Fogarty | John Scott French | Edward Jones | R. L. Leander | Ted Llewellyn | Robert G. Mackenzie | Norman Maclean | James P. May | James Arthur Miller | Gideon Potter | Robert Sharp | Gordon Turner | John Turner | Claude O. H. Usborne | Thomas P. Williams

Above:  Flowers by the honor roll of the dead [cropped; 11 November 2011] / Waikiki Natatorium / CC BY 2.0 - click on the image to make it larger.

Below:  US and Hawaii Flags over the Natatorium [cropped; 11 November 2011] / Waikiki Natatorium / CC BY 2.0 

The War Memorial Natatorium was built, pursuant to 1921 legislation, to honor all of the more than 10,000 men and women from the Hawai'ian Islands who served in the Great War. The Natatorium, completed in 1927, was designed by architect Lewis Hobart and features a Beaux-Arts archway leading to its ocean-water swim basin. The archway, as well as the monument’s bleachers and bathhouses, include classical ornamentation such as friezes, pediments, medallions, statuary, and cornices.

Above:  1928 Sepia Waikiki Natatorium War Memorial near Kaimana Beach [cropped] / Waikiki Natatorium / CC BY 2.0 

Below:  Waikiki War Memorial Natatorium Aerial [cropped; credit Ron Slausen, 19 May                                                  2009] / Waikiki Natatorium / CC BY 2.0

According to Act 15 of the 1921 Territorial Legislature, the memorial “shall include a swimming course at least 100 meters in length.”  The saltwater pool is also 40 meters wide.  When it opened on August 24, 1927, Olympic Gold Medalist and “father of modern surfing” Duke Kahanamoku dove into the pool to take the first ceremonial swim. It hosted celebrity swimmers like Esther Williams, Buster Crabbe, Johnny Weissmuller, and 34 members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame. The Hawai’i Department of Education used the pool for its mandatory elementary Learn to Swim Program.

Due to deterioration, the site was indefinitely closed to the public in 1979. The site is on both the Hawai'i and National Registers of Historic Places. It was named to the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s 11 Most Endangered list in 1995, and a National Treasure by the National Trust in 2014.

Above:  The Waikīkī Natatorium War Memorial, as seen from the hau tree terrace [August 2008]  / Rosa Say / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

Below:  Sunrise at the Waikiki Natatorium [31 October 2021; cropped] / Flip Flops Hawaii / CC BY-SA 2.0

In 2001, the exterior façade, locker rooms and lifeguard offices (for the adjacent Kaimana Beach), volleyball court, and parking lot were repaired and reopened to the public. Restoration of the bleachers and saltwater pool, however, was put on hold.  Governments and organizations at the local, state, and national levels are still working on options to restore the natatorium.  

Above:  Honolulu [22 August 2005; note medallion at far right] / My Photo Album 2007 /  CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

Below:  Waikiki Natatorium [Medallion, 14 November 2009] / jongela19 / CC BY-ND 2.0

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Honor Roll - Presidio County, Texas

In honor of the upcoming Veterans Day and for The Honor Roll Project, I decided to transcribe the Presidio County Honor Roll in Marfa, Texas.  Here's how it looked when we visited Marfa in June, 2021.  Presidio County then had (and still has) the best COVID vaccination rate in the state.  

One side of the monument has a beautiful eagle emblem, and the following engraved:

In reverent and enduring memory of all Americans who fought for a new world of freedom and peace.

Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.  John 15:13

Dedicated July 4, 1960

Marfa History Club

Here is the other side of the monument, with the Honor Roll listings.

And here are the listing of the names for each war:

World War I:  Albert L. Curry - Carroll Farmer - Owen Sheilds - Lucius F. Hurley - Obie Walker

World War II:  Andres Aguilar - Reuben F. Allen - Salome G. Alvarado - Adolfo R. Baeza, Jr. - Diego Baeza - William H. Browning - Robert E. Colquitt - Joseph Deanda - Alejandro S. DeLeon - Frank A. Depuglio - Finis O. Donaldson - Benjamin F. Edwards - Robert E. Evans - Joseph H. Gardner - Henry W. Garnett - Roy Griffith - Alonzo Hernandez - S. C. Hernandez - Ogden Holloway - Russell N. Hyatt - Alberto P. Jimenez - Jose R. Jimenez - Ephraim F. King, Jr. - Dolores Levario - Delfin B. Lopez - Jesus Lujan - Jose P. Madrid - Benjamin R. Medley - John G. Minniece - Joe Morales - James C. Morrow - Roberto Munoz - Manuel Rodruguez - George E. Roman - John R. Simpson - R. L. Stevenson, Jr. - Jesus A. Tavarez - Joe G. Turner - Claudio Valenzuela

Korean Conflict:  Cecil Estrada - Frank Salgado, Jr. - Dawn J. Stovall - Eduardo T. Tenorio

Vietnam Conflict:  Elijio Gonzales, Jr. - Juan Mario Mendias - Joe Henry Samaniego - Fred V. Jurado

Below is the south corner of the Presidio County Courthouse.  The Honor Roll monument can be seen in the lower left corner of the photograph/

This post is also part of the November 2021 Genealogy Blog Party.

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Military Monday: Orange County, Indiana, War Memorial

In honor of the upcoming Memorial Day and for The Honor Roll Project, I decided to transcribe the Orange County, Indiana, War Memorial.

Orange County War Memorial - Paoli, IN [May 25, 2018] / Brent Moore / CC BY-NC 2.0

This memorial is located on the grounds of the Orange County, Indiana courthouse in the Paoli town square.  Across the top of the shorter stones on the left and right sides of the memorial, it reads, "Honor roll of the silent ones who fought for God and country".  There's a star at the top of the tall stone in middle, and at the bottom it says, "Orange County".

All photos below are cropped out of the photo above, and enhanced for readability.

1917  World War I  1918

Alvis Apple | William A. Beaty | Walter Benson | Roscoe Bledsoe | William S. Bowling | Warren Brock | Clarence Busick | Ross Carnes | Banks Claxton | Weaver Crecelius | Wesley Edwards | Gilbert Elliott | Everett M. Finkbiner | Oscar L. Ford | Carl Ferguson | Ernest E. Gakan | Harry Grigsby | Dora Hammond | Benjamin Holiday | Clyde Hooten | Ezra Jordon | Clarence A. Keith | Manoah J. Kirby | Ray Kemple | Homer D. King | John Arthur Lingle Jr. | George McDonald | Lacy Phillips | Claude Sears | Stallard Weeks | Clarence Wolfe

1941  World War II  1945

James Robert Akers | Elmer C. Allen | Lee Allen | Roy A. Baker | James Lee Belo | Jesse T. Bobbitt | Loren Bundy | Lawrence Noble Charles | Kenneth Clements | Robert Condra | David Daugherty | Lowell Doan | Irvin L. Eickelberger | Bryan Ellis | Paul Leroy Freeman | Harold Giles | William Goins | Arthur J. Grimes | Robert E. Hall | Frank Lev Hamer | Everett Hankins | Howard Hill | Charles S. Holland | Delmar Holland | Kenneth Howard | Willard G. Hunter | Phillip Jackson | Clois Leon Keifner | Esco King | Howard Kirby | James W. Kirby | Samuel R. Knox Jr. | Robert M. Lane | James Lindley | Howard Linthicum | Gilbert Martin | Clarence S. Moffatt | Durward Monyhan | Edwin V. Monroe | Bertie Thomas McCracken | Harry McDonald | James L. McFarland | Roscoe Nussear | Howard Payton | Carl Wayne Peters | Clyde Pinnick | Warren Allen Pruett | Charles Qualkinbush | Arthur Quinn | Kenneth M. Radcliffe | William Robert Radcliff | Cecil Iden Rhodes | William Roach | George O. Shinkle | Ray Smith | George Speer | Charles E. Stanfield | Carroll Trinkle | Francis M. Walls | William Walls | William Donald Walton | Ray R. Waynick | Earl M. Wilson | Earl V. Wilson | Johnnie Williams | Donald W. Wininger | Coy Lewis Wolfe | Carl Wayne Morris

Korean War

Dale Asher | Gene Bledsaw | Carl N. Estell | Gary Max Leonard | Jack D. McKiegher | Franklin D. Radcliff | John O. Walker | Jack E. Kellams | George Deel | Ray R. Pruett | Charles L. Wells | William A. Lynch

Viet Nam War

Arnold G. Abel | Mark J. Allstott | Charles E. Beals | J. Stephen Brown | John D. Cook | Ronald W. Hackney | Jack L. Sanders | Richard Wolfington Jr. | David Fox

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Military Monday: WWI Honor Roll, Glen Rock, New Jersey

In honor of the upcoming Veterans Day and for The Honor Roll Project, I decided to transcribe the World War I Honor Roll plaque in Glen Rock, New Jersey.  The roll lists all the Glen Rock Borough men who served during World War I.  The first five names on the list (those with asterisks in front of them) lost their lives in the conflict.

Above:  Glen Rock Honor Roll [with Memorial Day wreaths from the American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars, 10 June 2007, cropped] / Beatrice Murch / CC BY-SA 2.0

Below:  Glen Rock Honor Roll, Glen Rock, NJ [20 April 2003, cropped] / birdphone / CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

Glen Rock Honor Roll

They Fought the Good Fight, They Finished the Course, They Kept the Faith

* Peter Ebbert

* Frederick Jensen

* Mortimer Kerr

* Jacob E. Phillips

* Frank Squires

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John Ackerman | Roland Banister | Theodore Bauma | Leo W. Bolte | Frank A. Blum | Frank Buycher | John Christopher | Maurice Clark | Benjamin A. Conklin | Joseph Conklin | Max R. Cramer | Ralph S. Cramer | Carl W. Daines | Frank Daley | George Stanley Dart | David C. De Ferrari | Ellory De Groat |

Edo De Young | Charles W. Duffin, Jr. | Stanley Elsworth Elwood | John F. Erlenback | Gerald Faber | Carlos Fajardo | Raymond J. Fisher | Frederick Freestone | Harding U. Greene | Prentice Hencevelt | George C. Henriques | Everett L. Hoffmire | George C. Hubschmitt | John R. Humma | Arthur J. Kidd | Samuel King | Tunis King | Harold W. Lampe | Cornelius Lont | Humphrey Lloyd | Joseph C. Loughery | Gordon Duvar MacDougall | Eugene McCoy |

Peter McDonald | Richard H. Mann | Louis Marron | Hudson May | LeRoy May | Walter Meyer | Gordon Miesse | Arthur H. Miller | Howard V. Miller | John E. Miller | George Monro | William Monro | John Morey | John J. Mulqueen | John Nally | Walter Nally | Jesse Louis Nunn | George T. Parker | Cornelius R. Peckart | Edgar Peter | Henry E. Post | Nicholas Postma | Harold Rasmussen |

Edward H. Riopel | Lester Robertson | Donald Ryder | Philip Schuyler | Willet B. Sherwood | John Frederick Simonson | John T. Sinclair | Garret Sinkway | Joseph I. Smith | John B. Smith | Floyd Snyder | Herbert Spendlove | Herbert C. Stubbs | John Tourse | J. Olen Van Blarcom | Barney Van De Weert | Ralph Van Orden | Louis Van Winkle | John F. Walter, Jr. | Leslie White | James Wilkie | George Winter | William H. Winter | Lester Zabriskie

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Military Monday: WWI Honor Roll, University of Washington, Seattle

In honor of Memorial Day and for The Honor Roll Project, I decided to transcribe the World War I Honor Roll plaques at the Memorial Way NE campus entrance of the University of Washington in Seattle.

The plaques are part of the "Memorial Gateway," four pylons made of brick, sandstone, and terra cotta that stand near the entrance.  Construction began in 1928, and two bronze plaques that list the names of the 58 former students who died in World War I were donated in 1930 by Scabbard and Blade, the student military honor society. One was installed on each of the two pylons closest to the road.

Entrance to the University of Washington with the large W sign / Meganp / CC BY-SA 3.0

Both plaques have a heading reading "Honor Roll World War 1917 1918" with the University of Washington seal.  At the bottom of each plaque. it reads "Presented by Scabbard and Blade 1930."




Here are the names on the first plaque (pictured above):

Lawrence E. Allen | Jeannette V. Barrows | Leo F. Bennett | Cherrill H. Bennett | Alford J. Bradford | Donald R. Broxon | F.E. Buehler | Florian H. Canfield | Arthurt E. Carlson | Lloyd T. Cochran | Dow R. Cope | Edw. C. Cunningham | Wm. R. Cutler | Walter C. Dunbar | James M. Eagleson | Geo. Vernon Evans | Albert M. Farmer | Chas N. Fletcher | Samuel Goodglick | Geo. C. Gorham | Rhodes H. Gustafson | Daniel Hart | Nicholas C. Healy | Clarence J. Hemphill | Alfred C. Hoiby | Everett Hoke | Earl M. Hoisington | Frank H. Hubbard | Howard D. Hughes

And here are the names on the second plaque (pictured below):

Francis D. Johnson | Clair A.R. Kinney | Harry B. Leavitt | Wilfred Lewis | Chas A. Lindbery | John H. Martin| A.D. McCleverty | WM J.A. MacDonald | Frank E. McNett | W.C. Morehouse| Roy Muncaster | Elmer J. Noble | Merle O’Rear| Allen C. Ostrander | Samuel N. Parker | Gerald S. Patton | Frank Peterson | Lester B. Pickering | H.A. Rees | Ralph Beebe Rees | James R. Ristine | Earl W. Shanly | Truman A. Starr | Wm. Sherman Tucker | Homer W. Ward | Leon H. Wheeler | Harold C. White | Chester W.J. Wilson | Lukens P. Young

University of Washington: WW I Honor Roll Plaque, Campus Entrance / Joe Wolf / CC BY-ND 2.0

Memorial Way (pictured below at night) is lined with 58 London Plane (sycamore) trees, one for each of the university's World War I dead.

UW Memorial Way HDR / William Prost / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

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Military Monday: Asotin County Memorial Bridge, Asotin, Washington

In honor of Veterans Day and for The Honor Roll Project, I decided to transcribe the World War I Honor Rolls on the Asotin County Memorial Bridge in Asotin, Washington.

Asotin County Memorial Bridge (Asotin, Washington) [20 August 2014, looking east, cropped]

 / C Hanchey / CC BY-NC 2.0

The Asotin County Memorial Bridge, in the county seat of Asotin, Washington, on the border with Idaho, spans the short distance over Asotin Creek, which empties into the Snake River.  Each corner of the bridge has a pillar with an honor roll plaque with the inscription:

SERVICE ROLL

ASOTIN COUNTY

MEMORIAL BRIDGE

DEDICATED IN HONOR AND

MEMORY OF THOSE WHO

SERVED IN THE WORLD WAR

In this case, World War I, as each plaque also has "1914 - 1918" near the bottom.

Here are the four plaques, in alphabetical order, with their transcriptions following.  All those listed resided in mostly-rural Asotin County, Washington - which apparently had an impressive 334 service members in World War I, including at least one woman.  An asterisk before a name indicates that the service member died during the war.  Links to FindAGrave memorials have been added when a connection to Asotin County could be found.

Asotin County Memorial Bridge (Asotin, Washington) [20 August 2014, panel 1, cropped]

 / C Hanchey / CC BY-NC 2.0

James W. Abbott John Abbott Calvin Addison Francis Ahalt Ernest J. Anderson E. Cliff Aplington R. L. Appleford Tracy Appleford Wm. Ashley Lawrence Autrey *Perry W. Baldwin Willis Baldwin Jesse F. Bales Marion Bales Alfred Bauch Chester Beaudry Lawrence Beaudry D. R. Beckman Vern Beckman Harold Beckmann Arthur Benedict Elmer Biddison Casper Bilyeu *Merle C. Bingham Henry G. Bishop Theodore Bishop Joe Bittle Walter C. Bly

Charlie V. Boggan Henry N. Bonson Albert Born John Bottomly Everett Brantner Orval Brantner Charles Brogger Harry N. Brown Walter S. Brown Herbert Bucholz Claude F. Buechner Leo Buescher Fred Bulfinch Kale Bulfinch Alva A. Butler Albert B. Campbell Earl Campbell George Campbell David W. Carpenter Clay Cate Carl E. Chandler Samuel G. Chandler Daniel Clark Geo. W. Clark Carl B. Clear Roland Cleary Wm. C. Clemens Frank H. Chandler Richard H. Chandler

Clyde Cook Jack E. Columbus Wm. E. Colwell Earl Cooper Dennis Costello Joseph Coulter Dale Crowser Albert Davis Chester A. Davis Dent Davis Lillian M. Davis Melvin S. Davis Raymond L. Davis Wayne Davis Ralph De Beaumont Lloyd B. De Lore Robt. De Lore Wm. T. Delp Arthur Diebel George Diebel Robert Diebel Earl Duncan B. Dustan Clarence Earl Clarence Everson Wm. E. Farnham Chas. Fehr Ray Ferguson

Asotin County Memorial Bridge (Asotin, Washington) [20 August 2014, panel 2, cropped]

 / C Hanchey / CC BY-NC 2.0

Charles Fields Glen Fields Dell Finch Thomas Finch Byron Fine Ralph W. Fite *Roy Fite G. W. Fitzsimmons Wm. H. Flatt Chelsea Floch Robert Floch Louis Florence Clarence E. Forbes Dell Forgey Claude G. Franklin Everett W. Fraser S. T. Fuller J. H. Fulton Glen Gano Samuel J. Gatherer Leslie Garrison Virgil Grant George S. Graves Clyde J. Greene Jesse H. Greene Morgan Gregory *Levi L. Griffin Wm. J. Griffin

*Fred Gruver Harry Gruver Frank Guenkel *Archie M. Halsey Burt C. Halsey Coy Halsey Wm. Hames Earl Hamill Jack Hamill Wilbur Hardy Roy Harmon William Harmon Arthur Harris H. M. Harrison Howard Harwick Harry Henderson Wiltse Henderson Elmer Herndon John Hickenbottom Ed. Hodge Enoch R. Holland Lester Hoobler *August Hopkins Frank Z. Horak C. H. Houchens Lester B. Houchens Charles O. Howard

Ernest E. Hulse Delbert Hunt Carl L. Ingram Mancel R. Ingram Walter Jackson Monte Jacobson Ben Johnson Edgar Johnson Mark Johnson Lillian Johnston Ernest Johnston Clarence Jones Estyn Jones M. A. Jones Roger Jones Hartzel Jurgens Wenzel Jurgens Fred Kennedy Robert Kidwell Arthur Kiele John S. Kimball Allan King Earl King Elton King Leo King Homer Knapp *Thomas Knapp George Knopes

Asotin County Memorial Bridge (Asotin, Washington) [20 August 2014, panel 3, cropped]

 / C Hanchey / CC BY-NC 2.0

Loyd Kuehl Morris Lang Glen Langdon Harry L. Langdon John L. Larson Emory Lathrop Wm. F. Lathrop Leslie Latta Hugh Laufer Frank Ledford Earl Russel Lee *Fred Le Francis Wm. A. Le Francis Carl J. Lehfeldt Fritz A. Lehfeldt Lawrence Leininger Edgar A. Leland Elmer Leland Richard Ray Lile Harvey Longfellow Wm. Longfellow Annette Lorer John Lotte Robert Lusk Emmet Lynch Jonathan McAssey Allen McCracken Floyd McCracken

Oren McCracken Lance McCready Allen McCredie Lynn S. McCredie Gilson A. McNeill Oscar McNeill Ivan McPherson Henry Madison Roy Madison Hugh Malcom Chas. S. Malcom Ben B. Mallory Lloyd Marker Calvin Martin Elwin Matheny Wm. Mattoon L. R. Michael Forest Miller *Earl Millsap Everett Millsap Leslie Millsap Russell Millsap Hubert Mohundro Charles Moore *John Moore Wm. L. Morgan *John C. Morris

Oval Morrow *Henry D. Moses Ernest A. Mosier Jesse Naftzinger R. E. Newbill Dale Nobles Estyn R. Old Oscar W. Olson Frank Osborne Harry Palmer Albert Parsons Eugene Parsons *John Partridge Elwood Pearson George Pelton Harvey C. Pelton Julius I. Perrin George Persons August Peterson Edward H. Peterson Wilbur Petty Harry C. Phillips Ed. Pitman John Plummer Robert Plunkett W. W. Porter Alva Powell Neal Prichard

Asotin County Memorial Bridge (Asotin, Washington) [20 August 2014, panel 4, cropped]

 / C Hanchey / CC BY-NC 2.0

Henry Pruitt Leo Raaberg Elmer Ralston *Wm. H. Ramey Thomas Rimmelspacher Clarence B. Roberts Edwin Roberts Elveus A. Roberts Clarence Robison Guy Rogers Clarence Rognstad Louis Rognstad Kenneth Ross Wm. Ross Gerald Rummel Charles Rusher Reid Sangster James Sarro Walter Savage Paul Schurman James Scott Wallace Scott Dewey Settles *Lester Sexton Levi W. Sexton J. Louis Shapley Homer B. Shaw Gerald Sigel

Richard Sill Harold Singleton Lawrence Sittkus Ray Smiley David W. Smith Francis J. Smith Walter Smith John Standley Thomas Stanfill Wm. A. Steele Hubert Stephens Carleton Stewart Norman A. Stewart Ed. W. St. John Geo. A. Stout H. Boyd Talbott Harry C. Talbott Walter Talbott Arthur Taplin Oscar Taplin Gray M. Taylor Lyle C. Taylor Marion Tedford John G. Tervooren P. H. Tervooren John Thormahlen James G. Tierney

Raymond True Walter Trueblood Alex J. Unruh L. Valtz Maurice D. Van Arsdol Elmer Van Slyke *Howard Van Voris W. T. Van Voris Julius Vebres Frank Votaw Darrell Walls Martin Ward John K. Warren *Roy Watson Thomas Watson Harry A. Whitney Lee Whitney Lloyd Whiton *John Wm. Whittaker Morris Williams Grant E. Wilson Harry Windus Earl E. Wiseman Einar Wold Frank J. Wolf Louis E. Wolford Willard A. Wyatt Wm. R. Yeoman

Asotin County Memorial Bridge (Asotin, Washington) [20 August 2014, under bridge, cropped]

 / C Hanchey / CC BY-NC 2.0

According to Bridgehunter.com, a website about "historic and notable" bridges in the United States,

The town of Asotin was prepared to replace the wooden bridge carrying Meador Street across the Asotin Creek in the summer of 1919. That span, built in 1902 by the Caywood brothers, was badly deteriorated after twenty years heavy traffic and the effects of several floods. The town council and the county commission budgeted $10,500 for it to be torn down and replaced by a steel bridge spanning the creek at Second Street.

A Fourth of July editorial in the Asotin County Sentinal led to the adoption of a proposal by Doctor S.D. Brazeau to scrap the plan for a new steel bridge and in its place erect an eye catching concrete arch to memorialize the local men who lost their lives in the recently ended Great War. The more elaborate span would cost $6,000 more than the sum allocated for the original project and this amount was raised through a private donation campaign. The first pledge was made by J.C. Halsey, whose son [Archie M. Halsey] was the last of seven Asotin County residents killed in the conflict.

The finished bridge is a wide elliptical concrete arch topped by an ornamental balustrade. Four pillars with hammer brushed insets adorned with brass plaques listing the names of the area’s veterans and topped by Victorian street lamps mark its approaches. A spiral staircase at the north end leads to a small creekside park.

The United States World War I Centennial Commission adds that "A smaller version of the bridge was constructed for pedestrians entering the community park south of the Memorial Bridge," and notes that it was built in 1920 by the Security Bridge Company of nearby Lewiston, Idaho, designed by R.F. Lorino of Lewiston, and dedicated on Veterans Day, November 11, 1922.

An old photo of the bridge from the 1920s-1930s is here.


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Military Monday: Burke County, Georgia, WW II Honor Roll

In honor of Memorial Day and for The Honor Roll Project, I decided to transcribe the World War II Honor Roll monument on the grounds of the Burke County Courthouse in Waynesboro, Georgia.

 cropped from Burke County, GA WWII Honor Roll / Brent Moore / CC BY-NC 2.0

The center panel reads:  Dedicated to the lasting memory of all who served in World War II

Names on left panel:
  
Honor Roll

Arthur Bishop, Jr.
Everett Bonnell
Aaron Claxton
William C. Harner
Clayton Herrington
Robert C. Herrington
Joseph G. Mallard
Gabriel McNair
Joseph W. McNorrill
Loran D. Pilgrim
Max R. Pilgrim
Roy N. Simmons
S. Gaines Story Jr.
Peyton W. Thompson Jr.
Charlie Wall
George R. Watkins
Kenneth G. Gibson
Noah A. Hickman
Augustus Ponds

Names on right panel:

Honor Roll

Lide M. Jernigan
Walter C. Green
Talmadge Jenkins
Roy M. Jenkins

Colored

William Hankerson
Emmett Bennett
Sidney Lewis
Anderson Green
Sidney Green
Milton Gaines
Rufus Brown
Doc Miles
William Scott




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World War I & II and Spanish-American War Honor Rolls, Red Bank, New Jersey

This year, in honor of Veterans Day and for The Honor Roll Project, I decided to transcribe the Honor Rolls in Red Bank, New Jersey for the Spanish-American War, World War I and World War II.

This first plaque is "in honor and memory of the boys from this community who answered their country's call in the World War 1917 - 1918 to insure peace throughout the world"

Killed in Action

John W. Allison

George F. Bublin

James P. Carroll

Harvey Hopkins

Daniel Meehan

Burton Swannell

Paul Schroeder

Died in Service

Vernon Brown

John Gorman

Wilber White

"Lest We Forget"




Red Bank, New Jersey [cropped, 24 Feb. 2008] /  Jazz Guy /  CC BY 2.0


Another plaque says "in honor and memory of the boys from this community who answered their country's call in the Spanish-American War of 1898 - 1902"

Red Bank, New Jersey [cropped, 24 Feb. 2008] /  Jazz Guy /  CC BY 2.0

 Died in Service

Harry C. Hopping


There's also an addition at the bottom of this plaque:  "In honor and memory of the Mexican border patrol boys 1916 - 1917," but no names are listed.

Note the Army Air Corps and Army Field Artillery Branch symbols (upper left and upper right respectively) on the World War I plaque, and the naval symbol in the upper left of this second plaque.

The entire monument is called "Handing Down Old Glory," and it was sculpted by Frank J. Manson.  It originally commemorated those in the town who served in the Civil War, the Spanish-American War, and World War I.

Below is a picture of the entire front of the monument.  In the center is Henry M. Nevius, a Red Bank attorney, state senator, and judge who served in the Lincoln Calvary of the Union Army in the Civil War, with the dates "1861 - 1965" carved below.

Red Bank, New Jersey [cropped, 24 Feb. 2008] /  Jazz Guy /  CC BY 2.0

To the left (as you look at it), above the Spanish-American War plaque, is an unknown soldier of that war, with the dates "1898 -  1902" carved below him.

To the right (as you look at it), above the World War I plaque, is Major Peter P. Rafferty of Red Bank, wearing a World War I uniform, with the dates "1917 - 1918" carved below.

Each bronze plaque on the rough-hewn granite base is topped with a bas-relief eagle, holding a flag shield and ribbon reading "Honor Roll" for the two honor rolls and "Roll of Honor" for the central plaque (which is not an honor roll).

Over the years, plaques have been added at the base in front to honor community members serving in Korea, Vietnam, and the Persian Gulf.   There's also a plaque on the right side, added in 1947, listing World War II casualties, but it is in poor condition and hard to read.  The top part starts the same as the others:  "In honor of the men and women from Red Bank, N.J. who served their country in World War II, and in memory of those who made the supreme sacrifice."  Here are the names:

Red Bank, New Jersey [24 Feb. 2008] /  Jazz Guy /  CC BY 2.0

Anthony T. Ariozzi
Michael Baden
John M. Barberio
John J. Biancamano
Joseph A. Borelli
William E. Breslin
Walter M. Buckley
Anthony S. Celli
Thomas W. Corbett
Robert D. Davey
Philip DeCarlo
Harold Dick
David T. Donahue
Jacques P. Eigner
Aldo Fabrizio
Donato Geroni
Morton A. Greenblatt
Robert M. Hailstopf
John Hammell
Samuel T. Harvey Jr.
Gerald B. Layton
Jesse Leighton Jr.
Robert S. Matthews
Christopher B. Murphy
Philip Nadeau
Richard Nicoletti
George W. Olmstead
Edward V. Oryll
Alfred E. Reiss
Walter Reynolds
Dominic Scala
Kenneth W. Spinning Jr.
Arthur F. Stancati
John J. Summonte
Walter S. Thompson Jr.
Francois J. Van Brunt
Corpado J. Vittoria
Wallace M. Wilson

Here is a close-up of the three statues:

Red Bank, New Jersey [cropped, 24 Feb. 2008] /  Jazz Guy /  CC BY 2.0

The plaque pictured below is in the center and honors Civil War Veterans, but does not list any by name.  It notes, "This monument was erected through the efforts of the Red Bank Volunteer Fire Department, May 30th, 1926," which was Memorial Day that year.

Red Bank, New Jersey [cropped, 24 Feb. 2008] /  Jazz Guy /  CC BY 2.0

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