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var str = 'The memorial is centered around a very large white concrete engraved globe with metal markers indicating battle locations. The globe is flanked by low-rise polished black granite walls. One side commemorates the battles of the Pacific theater and the other wall for Europe. There are quotations from Presidents Roosevelt and Truman. The memorial also has a cenotaph dedicated to the 22,000+ personnel from Illinois who gave their lives during the war.';
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var str = 'This eye-catching memorial has a 12 foot tall bronze bell mounted on a granite base. There are four sculptures representing servicemen from each of the branches of the military carved into niches on the bell. Around the top of the six-sided base are inscribed the names of all those from Illinois who lost their lives in the Korean War. Below this are engraved quotes from generals and soldiers as well. A carillion mounted in the bell plays music at designated intervals. Nearby there has also been added a sculpted relief panel depicting U.S. troops in fighting in the Chosin Reservoir. There are also informational plaques with information about the fighting.';
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var str = 'This beautiful memorial is centered around an eternal flame. Five light gray granite walls radiate out around the center flame and are engraved with the emblems of the branches of the U.S. military services. There are also four smaller polished black granite walls bearing the names of those Illinoisians lost in the Vietnam War.';
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var str = 'Twenty French soldiers who trained at Gunter Airfield also lie near the RAF section of this same cemetery along with Honorary French Consul , Bernard Albert Auzias de Turenne. There is a bronze plaque that lists all those Frenchmen who died in the United States while serving during World War II; this list includes both army and navy personnel. Of the 100 Frenchmen who died in the US during the war, twenty lie at Oakwood Cemetery.';
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var str = 'Montgomery, Alabama served as major hospital location for the Confederacy during the war because of its location away from major battlefields and yet close to major railroad lines. The more than 750 graves here in the Oakwood Cemetery represent some of the many who died while being treated in these Montgomery hospitals.';
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