Ripley County Veterans Memoria
Versailles, United States
<br><b>[[ Memorial - Front ]]</b><br><br> ( Across Base )<br><br> <b>God - - - Duty - - - Honor - - - Country</b><br><br> ( Two Up-rights )<br><br> <i>- -“Seals”- -<br></i> Army • Marine Corps. • Air Force<br> <i>- -“Seals”- -<br></i> Navy • Coast Guard • Merchant Marine<br><br> [ Center Panel ]<br><br><br> <center>In Honor of all<br> Veterans of Military<br> Service and dedicated<br> to the men and women<br> of Ripley County<br> who served their<br> Country so unselfishly<br> in times of war and<br> in times of peace</center><br><br> [ Left Panel ]<br><br> <i><b>O beautiful for heroes proved in liberating strife,<br> Who more than self their country loved, and mercy more than life!<br> America! America! May God thy gold refine,<br> Till all success be nobleness, and every gain divine.</i></b><br><br> [ Right Panel ]<br><br> <i><b>O beautiful for patriot dream that sees beyond the years,<br> Thine alabaster cities gleam, undimmed by human tears!<br> America! America! God shed his grace on thee,<br> And crown thy good with brotherhood from sea to shining sea.</i></b><br><br> <b>[[ Memorial - Obverse Side ] ]</b><br><br> ( Across Base )<br><br> <b>Have - - - Not - - - Forgotten</b><br><br> ( Two Up-rights )<br> <i>- -“Seals”- -</i> Navy • Coast Guard • Merchant Marine<br> <i>- -“Seals”- -</i> Army • Marine Corps. • Air Force<br><br> [ Center Panel ]<br><br> <b>Revolutionary War</b><br> Apr. 19, 1775 - - Sept. 3, 1783<br> 4,435 lives lost<br><br> <b>War of 1812</b><br> June 18, 1812 - - Jan. 8, 1815<br> 2,260 lives lost<br><br> <b>Mexican War</b><br> May 13, 1846 - - Feb. 2, 1848<br> 13,283 lives lost<br><br> <b>Civil War</b><br> Apr. 12, 1861 - - May 26, 1865<br> 620,000 lives lost<br><br> <b>Spanish American War</b><br> Apr. 25, 1898 - - Dec. 10, 1898<br> 2,446 lives lost<br><br> <b>World War I</b><br> Apr. 6, 1917 - - Nov. 11, 1918<br> 116,516 lives lost<br><br> <b>World War II</b><br> Dec. 7, 1941 - - Dec. 31, 1946<br> 405,399 lives lost<br><br> <b>Korea</b><br> June 25, 1950 - - July 27, 1953<br> 54,246 lives lost<br><br> <b>Vietnam War</b><br> Aug. 4, 1964 - - Jan. 27, 1973<br> 58,167 lives lost<br><br> <b>Grenada</b><br> Oct. 25, 1983 - - Nov. 2, 1983<br> 19 lives lost<br><br> <b>Panama</b><br> Dec. 20, 1989 - - Jan. 31, 1990 <br> 23 lives lost <br><br> <b>Desert Shield / Storm</b><br> Aug. 7, 1990 - - Apr. 11, 1991 <br> 390 lives lost <br><br> <b>Somalia</b><br> Dec. 9, 1992 - - Mar. 28, 1994<br> 44 lives lost