MWD Bart - Washington, D.C.
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flyingmoose
N 38° 53.663 W 077° 01.366
18S E 324576 N 4307000
Memorial located within the Navy Memorial and Visitor Center.
Waymark Code: WM1C8TH
Location: District of Columbia, United States
Date Posted: 07/04/2025
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The bronze monument to MA1 John Douangdara and MWD Bart sits in the library of the Navy Memorial and Visitor Center. John is crotched down on a rock with a M-4 carbine machine gun in his right arm and his left hand is on Bart, who is laying down to his left. Both are wearing their tactical gear.
MWD Bart worked alongside John Douangdara and during a rescue effort, Extortion 17 was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade in the tail of leading to a crash killing John, Bart, 28 other Americans and eight Afgan soldiers on board. It was the greatest single-incident loss of American lives in Operation Enduring Freedom.
Memorial Text:
In honor of the men and women of the sea services past, present, and future.
MA1 John Douangdara and MWD Bart - KIA 8/6/2011
"Service and Sacrifice"
Sculptor - Susan Bahary
Gifted by the United States War Dogs Association, INC. Christopher E. Willingham, President
Type of Memorial: statue
Type of Animal: service, work animal
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