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IN HONOR AND MEMORY OF THE 616 ARIZONANS WHO GAVE THEIR TODAYS FOR OUR TOMORROWS DURING THE VIETNAM WAR

SEE ALSO-ARIZONA VIETNAM WAR MEMORIAL

SEE ALSO-ARIZONA VIETNAM WAR MEMORIAL

THE GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC WAS A FRATERNAL, CHARITABLE AND PATRIOTIC ORGANIZATION COMPRISED EXCLUSIVELY OF VETERANS OF THE CIVIL WAR WHO SERVED IN THE UNION ARMY, NAVY OR MARINE CORPS DURING THE PERIOD OF APRIL 12, 1861 TO APRIL 9, 1865. IT WAS FOUNDE ...

BRIGADIER GENERAL JOHN CAMPBELL GREENWAY ARMY RESERVE, ROUGH RIDER DURING THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR.

U.S 101ST INFANTRY (MORMON) BATTALION. SERVED DURING THE WAR WITH MEXICO.

THE BATTALION, U.S. 101ST INFANTRY (MORMON) BATTALION, MARCHED 2,000 MILES TO SAN DIEGO WHICH IS THE LONGEST INFANTRY MARCH ON RECORD DEC 6, 1846.

THE MORMON BATTALION, 101ST U.S. INFANTRY, CONSISTED OF 500 VOLUNTEER SOLDIERS FROM AMONG THE MORMON PIONEERS. THEY WERE MUSTERED INTO THE UNITED STATES ARMY TO SERVE IN THE WAR WITH MEXICO. THIS MEMORIAL MARKS THE APPROXIMATE SITE OF THE CROSSING OF THE ...

THE MORMON BATTALION, 101ST U.S. INFANTRY, CONSISTED OF 500 VOLUNTEER SOLDIERS FROM AMONG THE MORMON PIONEERS. THEY WERE MUSTERED INTO THE UNITED STATES ARMY TO SERVE IN THE WAR WITH MEXICO.

THE MORMON BATTALION, 101ST U.S. INFANTRY, CONSISTED OF 500 VOLUNTEER SOLDIERS FORM AMONG THE MORMON PIONEERS. THEY WERE MUSTERED INTO THE UNITED STATES ARMY TO SERVE IN THE WAR WITH MEXICO.

IN 1845 GENERAL KEARNEY'S ARMY OF THE WEST GUIDED BY KIT CARSON FOLLOWED THE GILA RIVER FROM NEW MEXICO TO THE OCCUPATION OF CALIFORNIA IN THE MEXICAN WAR, THUS OPENING THE SOUTHERN SNOW FREE ROUTE TO THE PACIFIC COAST.

ON DECEMBER 16-17, 1846 THE U.S. 101ST INFANTRY (MORMON) BATTALION UNDER THE COMMAND OF COLONEL PHILIP ST. GEORGE COOKE PEACEFULLY OCCUPIED THE PRESIDO SAN AUGUSTIN DEL TUCSON.

UNDER THE COMMAND OF COL. COOKE IN THE COURSE OF THEIR 2,000 MILE INFANTRY MARCH TO THE PACIFIC COAST, THE BATTALION ARRIVED AND RAISED THE FIRST AMERICAN FLAG IN TUCSON.

THE MORMON BATTALION CAMPED HERE DEC 20, 1846 IN ROUTE TO CALIFORNIA WAR WITH MEXICO.

THE MORMON BATTALION, 101ST U.S. INFANTRY, CAMPED HERE DURING THE WAR WITH MEXICO.