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The '''Freedom Tree''' is a holly tree planted at [[Linn Park|Woodrow Wilson Park]] in [[1972]] in honor of U.S. service members who had been reported Missing in Action (MIA) during the [[Vietnam War]]. Fourteen people are honored with individual plaques that encircle the base of the tree. | The '''Freedom Tree''' is a holly tree planted at [[Linn Park|Woodrow Wilson Park]] in [[1972]] with "the vision of universal freedom for all mankind", and in honor of U.S. service members who had been reported Missing in Action (MIA) during the [[Vietnam War]]. Fourteen people are honored with individual plaques that encircle the base of the tree. | ||
==Honorees== | ==Honorees== | ||
Latest revision as of 08:43, 26 June 2024
The Freedom Tree is a holly tree planted at Woodrow Wilson Park in 1972 with "the vision of universal freedom for all mankind", and in honor of U.S. service members who had been reported Missing in Action (MIA) during the Vietnam War. Fourteen people are honored with individual plaques that encircle the base of the tree.
Honorees
- US Marine Corps Captain James Carlton Jr (link)
- US Air Force Captain Edwin Hawley Jr (link)
- US Air Force Captain C. Scott Harris (link)
- US Marine Corps Major Lionel Parra Jr (link)
- US Air Force Major Paul Bannon (report)
- Major Alton Rockett Jr (link)
- Lieutenant Scott Ketchie (link)
- Lieutenant Richard McDow (link)
- US Army Specialist James Moreland (link)
- US Navy Lieutenant Commander Dale Doss (link)
- Sergeant First Class Charlie White (link)
- Sergeant Raymond Bobe (link)
- Sergeant Olin Hargrove (link)
- Sergeant Marvin McCain Jr (link)
References
- Songer, Joe (January 14, 2014) "MIA plaques once buried under leaves and mulch uncovered in Linn Park" The Birmingham News