North Carolina Veterans' Memorial

North Carolina honors the heroic men and women of the state who served in America’s wars, with enduring remembrance of their sacrifice for peace as long as the flame of freedom burns. For World War I, from 1917 to 1918, the major engagements named are Cambrai, Aisne Marne, Meuse, Argonne, Somme Defensive, Soissons, Montfauson, Lys, Ourcq River, St. Quentin, Aisne, Vesle River, Blanc Mont, Cantigny, Somme Offensive, Bois de Foret, Chateau-Thierry, Oise-Aisne, Cunel Heights, Belleau Wood, Ypres-Lys, Romagne Heights, Noyon-Montdidier, Juvigny, Vittorio-Veneto, Champagne-Marne, St. Mihiel, and Barricourt Heights. For World War II, from 1941 to 1945, the major engagements named are Pearl Harbor, Philippine Sea, Cassino, Bataan, Guam, Normandy Invasion, Java Sea, Leyte, Cherbourg, Corregidor, Leyte Gulf, Battle of the Hedgerows, Coral Sea, Luzon, St. Lo, Midway, Iwo Jima, Mortain, Guadalcanal, Mindanao, Argentan-Falaise, Papua, Okinawa, Southern France, Bismarck Sea, Battle of the Atlantic, Metz, New Guinea, North Africa, Aachen, Rabaul, Sicily, Huertgen Forest, Bougainville, Salerno, Battle of the Bulge, Turawa, Volturno River, Alsace, Biak, Rapido River, Remagen, Saipan, Anzio, and Ruhr Pocket. For the Korean War, from 1950 to 1953, the major engagements named are Osan, Ch'Ongch' on River, Wonsan, Kum River, Kunu-Ri, Songjin, Taejon, Changjin Reservoir, Ch'Orwon, Pusan Perimeter, Yudam-Ri, Kumhwa, Naktong Bulge, Kot' O-Ri, Bloody Ridge, Tabgu, Hungnam, Heartbreak Ridge, Inch' On, Wonju, Old Baldy, Seoul, Chip' Yong-Ni, Pork Chop Hill, P' Yongyang, and Unsan.

Raleigh, North Carolina · United States