Jet Lions Veterans Memorial - Jet, OK - Non-Specific Veteran Memorials on Waymarking.com

This Veterans Memorial and Air Park was established by the Jet Lions Club. The center pillar of the memorial bears the names of seven veterans, one from WWI and six from WWII. Additional veterans from later conflicts are named on monuments to either side. The "air park" portion of the memorial features a Cessna T-37B "Tweet" jet trainer on permanent display.

Jet, Oklahoma (official population 213) was founded by six brothers with surname Jett but the town name has been spelled with one 't' since incorporation in 1900. Built on the homesteads established by these brothers, the town moved two miles west in 1906 to take advantage of a new railroad line. Most Jet residents work in agriculture or at the nearby Air Force training base.

Type of Memorial: Multi-War Memorial Wars mentioned (Multi-war only): WWI and WWII In Honor Of: Seven WWI / WWII veterans are named on the monument. Marker Text: MEMORIAL FOR THE VETERANS OF THE UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES ARMY, NAVY, MARINE CORPS, AIR FORCE, COAST GUARD DECLARATION THIS MEMORIAL HONORS MEN AND WOMEN WHO SERVED OUR COUNTRY IN TIME OF WAR, IN TIME OF CONFLICT OR PEACE, AND ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES, WHO WERE WOUNDED OR MAIMED, AND WHO WERE HELD AS PRISONERS OF WAR. THESE STONES SHALL SERVE AS SENTRIES TO PROTECT AND HOLD THEIR NAMES WITH THE DIGNITY AND ESTEEM THEY JUSTLY DESERVE FOR TIME IMMORTAL. Who Put it Here?: Jet Lions Club Description of Memorial: The Memorial consists of a gray granite Memorial (monument) set in an “Air Park” with a U.S. Air Force (USAF) T-37 jet trainer aircraft on a pedestal stand in simulated flight, in front of 3 flagpoles, flying the American, Oklahoma, and Lions Clubs International flags. The Memorial area is bounded by a short white pipe fence along the roadways on the east and south. The memorial monument consists of a taller central pillar and 2 shorter adjacent side pillars. The pillars are joined, and rest on a horizontal gray granite base, which sits on a concrete pad. The monument is surrounded by white rock, is set along a gravel path and among shrubbery and decorative plantings. The center pillar is engraved, on the front side, with the Coat of Arms of the United States and inscribed as detailed above. Date of dedication: Not listed

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