M-41 Walker Bulldog Tank and the Civil War

I found this in Greenwood, Ar. Nice tank, but no plaque, it was in front of the local VFW.

M-41 Walker Bulldog (if I'm not mistaken). I found the site below which shows that the above tank is an M-41 Walker Bulldog. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M41_Walker_Bulldog It was a replacement for the M-24 Chaffee Light Tank.

I knew from what little knowledge I have that the Chaffee Tank was a light tank and it and Camp Chaffee were named after Major General Adna R. Chaffee Jr., a World War One General who advocated the use of tanks. Below is a picture I found of an M-24 Chaffee Light Tank. The tanks do resemble each other.

http://science.howstuffworks.com/m-24-chaffee-light-tank.htm

I guess it would help if I mentioned that Greenwood borders Fort Chaffee. Fort Chaffee which was first named Camp Chaffee. The name change came in 1956. I was born in Camp Chaffee in 1952.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Chaffee

http://www.nwanews.com/adg/News/215612/

Across the street in the city square was this plaque. This was all there was, I suppose it is in memory of a Senator or something that was also in the Civil War. This is something I found about the area.

http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=3595
Heres another site mentioning W.B.W. Heartsill http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/inv/h/Heartsill,W.B.W.html .

Arkansas Vietnam Veterans Memorial

The memorial is at the State Capital in Little Rock.

A school mate.

http://www.scguard.com/museum/docs/vietnam/1969/September1969.pdf

Arkansas Medal of Honor Recipient Memorial

Below are some picture froms the Memorial at thte State Capital.
http://www.sosweb.state.ar.us/virtual_tour_02/popups/grounds/medalofhonor/medalofhonor_details.html

http://www.homeofheroes.com/moh/states/ar.html

Here is a list of Native American MOH recipients (not neccessarily from Arkansas, I just like this kind of info).
http://www.homeofheroes.com/e-books/mohE_indian/list.html

Prairie Grove Battlefield State Park

Of course this is at Prairie Grove, Ar. I did'nt go all the way around on the driving trail, it was a really dusty limestone gravel road and I was on my motorcycle.
I'll let most of the pics below talk for themselves and heres a few links.
http://www.arkansasstateparks.com/prairiegrovebattlefield/
http://travel.webshots.com/album/558930214wUsmDV
http://gorp.away.com/gorp/location/ar/parks/prair_gr.htm


Bronze Cannon.








The Morrow House



An old house on the property.

Siloam Springs Self Propelled Howitzer

Motor Carriage M55 8-inch self-propelled howitzer (WWII), on display in front of VFW Hall along Hwy 62 in Lincoln, Ar.

A Vietnam Memorial Song

This was sent to me, sung by George Jones, I thought I should post it here.
http://home.comcast.net/~singingman7/TNOTW.htm

Another email I recieved today

Once again, if I get something that is meaningful in the mail and it is military related I just might post it. Heres one I thought was fantastic.

There is a huge rock near a gravel pit on Hwy.25 in rural Iowa
For generations, kids have painted slogans, names, and obscenities on this rock, changing its character many times. A few months back, the rock received its latest paint job, and since then it has been left completely undisturbed.
It's quite an impressive sight. Be sure to scroll down and check out the multiple photos. (all angles) of the rock.
I thought the flag was draped over the rock, but it's not. It's actually painted on the rock too.








Thanks to Ray "Bubba' Sorensen II for this great memorial.