Second Infantry Division Memorial

[From 1936:]

The Second Division

To Our Honored Dead, 1917-1919

Toulon

Troyon

Bois de Belleau

Vaux

Soissons

Marache

St. Mihiel

Blanc Mont

Meuse-Argonne

The Rhine

[From 1962, west inner wing:]

Organized in France in October, 1917; original unit consisted of Army, Marine and Navy troops.

[From 1962, west outer wing:]

Normandy

Rhineland

Brest

Remagen

Siegfried Line

Leipzig

The Bulge

Czechoslovakia

[From 1962, east inner wing:]

United Nations battalion assisted [the] division in Korean War - from France, The Netherlands, Thailand.

[From 1962, east outer wing:]

Natong River

Bloody Ridge

Kuni-Ri

Heartbreak Ridge

Chipyong-Ni

Old Baldy

Wang-Ju

Arrowhead Ridge

[Cornerstone:]

1936, 1962

Marker is on Constitution Avenue, NW (U.S. 50) near 17th Street, NW, on the right when traveling west.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Credits and Sources:

HMDB