Grand Army of the Republic - Washington, KS
Posted by: YoSam.
N 39° 49.087 W 097° 03.055
14S E 666819 N 4409387
Strange, the plaque for this display is a Civil War Memorial. I believe something else stood on this platform, now it is a WWII Japanese Mortar.
Waymark Code: WMNDMA
Location: Kansas, United States
Date Posted: 02/22/2015
Views: 3
County of memorial: Washington County
Location of memorial: M St., courthouse lawn, Washington
I thought the plaque would tell me who put it here, and when, and why....but NO the plaque is a Civil War memorial with a Japanese World War II mortar on top......very strange indeed.
Plaque text:
In Honor of
GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC
1861 ----- 1865
presented by
WOMAN'S RELIEF CORPS
-- 1904 --
sitting on top of the platform is this mortar:
Type 94 90 mm Infantry Mortar
"The Type 94 90 mm mortar was a 90 mm smoothbore infantry mortar, introduced in 1935, used by the Japanese in World War II. The Type 94 designation was given to this gun as it was accepted in the year 2594 of the Japanese calendar (1934)
The Type 94 was encountered throughout the war in China. In the Pacific campaign, it was first used against U.S. forces in the Philippines, and later at the Battle of Guadalcanal. Because of its weight, it was normally employed in static siege or defense situations. Japanese forces sometimes went to great lengths to transport these heavy mortars to remote jungle locations when preparing defensive war" ~ Wikipedia