Veterans Memorial Park of Northeast Michigan

The Pentagon Service Monument

The Pentagon Service Monument is the centerpiece structure for the Veterans Memorial Park of Northeast Michigan located in Oscoda. The Monument is an opportunity to publicly and respectfully recognize those individuals who have honorably served in any of the five United States Armed Services. The official Groundbreaking Ceremony for the structure is planned for Memorial Day, May 25, 2009 and construction will commence shortly afterward.


...Block request form and instruction (printable PDF).

Below are sample blocks of some of the materials we are considering.

"IN HONOR OF THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES WHO SERVED IN THE VIETNAM WAR. THE NAMES OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES AND OF THOSE WHO REMAIN MISSING ARE INSCRIBED IN THE ORDER THEY WERE TAKEN FROM US.".
Preamble of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

On July 20-26 2005 Northeast Michigan was honored with the presences of The Moving Wall. The very event that sparked the idea for a Veterans Memorial Park at the former Wurtsmith Air Force Base (WAFB) Located at Oscoda, Michigan.
The Moving Wall is a half scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington D.C., and list the names of each of the 58,228 Americans who lost their lives during the Vietnam War. The Veterans Memorial Park of Northeast Michigan will have permanent location dedicated to show cast The Moving Wall when it can be scheduled veterans memorial park.
Visit our photo gallery of The Moving Wall from 2005

*The Moving Wall is a Trade Mark of Vietnam Combat Veterans, Ltd.

In its active days WAFB was a strategic air base, the thunder of B-52H Stratofortresses flying over head could often be heard by area residents. The base closed on June 30, 1993 as a result of the 1991 Base Realignment and Closure process. Even thou it is now closed their still a long history should not forgot
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