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Walk among 19 stainless steel soldiers on patrol beside a black granite wall etched with the faces of those who served.
Southeast of the Lincoln Memorial, West Potomac Park · Washington, DC
Set in West Potomac Park southeast of the Lincoln Memorial, this memorial honors those who served in the Korean War. Nineteen stainless steel statues of a platoon on patrol reflect in a 164-foot black granite mural wall, making 38 figures, a nod to the 38th parallel. More than 2,500 archival images are sandblasted into the granite. A Wall of Remembrance added in 2022 lists the names of the war dead, and a round Pool of Remembrance sits in a grove of linden trees.
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