Vietnam War Memorial - Bayliss Park - Council Bluffs, Iowa
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N 41° 15.546 W 095° 51.055
15T E 261161 N 4571440
This Vietnam Veterans Memorial was found in the Veterans Memorial Plaza at Bayliss Park, Council Bluffs, Iowa.
Waymark Code: WM8F87
Location: Iowa, United States
Date Posted: 03/24/2010
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The Smithsonian Inventory (
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"Artist: Lajba, John, sculptor.
Title: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, (sculpture).
Dates: Dedicated Sept. 20, 1984.
Medium: Figure: bronze; Base: granite.
Dimensions: Figure: approx. 7 x 2 x 2 ft.; Base: approx. 12 x 5 x 5 ft.
Inscription: (Front of eagle on base, incised:) VALOR (Front of base, incised:) WE DEDICATE/TO THOSE VETERANS,/UNHONORED AND UNSUNG,/WHO BRAVELY FOUGHT AND/DIED FOR FREEDOM IN/THE VIETNAM CONFLICT./WITH TEARS,WE GIVE YOU/HONOR,LOVE AND SONG/FOR TODAY,TOMORROW/AND ETERNITY./JANICE EHRENS POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY/VIETNAM VETERANS/KILLED IN ACTION SEPTEMBER 29, 1984 (List of 39 veterans' names on the side of the base)
Description: A soldier wearing a uniform which includes pieces from every branch of the armed services. He also wears boots and a helmet and holds an assault rifle on his proper right side. He stands upon a tall base with a relief of an eagle and inscriptions. Two flagpoles stand to either side of the base.