Vietnam Memorial--Hartwell, Georgia - Smithsonian Art Inventory Sculptures on Waymarking.com

"A large "V" made of grey granite on a horizontal rectangular base of polished black granite, flanked by two upright rectangular panels of polished black granite. The "V" has a wedge-shaped crack in the right side that is made of a darker stone. The left panel is a dedication tablet. The right panel contains an etched image of three soldiers.
The three Vietnam War soldiers walk side-by-side, dressed in combat gear. The soldier in the middle wears an unbuttoned vest and holds his rifle down in his proper left hand. The soldier to his proper left carries his rifle in front of him with both hands. A towel is draped around his neck. A knife and water bottle hang from the proper left side of his belt. The soldier to the proper right wears a wide-brimmed hat and a vest with ammunition rounds strapped across it. He totes a machine gun on his proper right shoulder with his proper right hand. The entire memorial is mounted on a short, tapered base that has a band of rough-hewn stone around the bottom and four military emblems across the front."
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Text of the marker:

"NOV. '87 BY STEVEN MOONEY
KEYSTONE MEMORIALS
ELBERTON, GA
(On front left panel:)

FROM THE FOOTHILLS OF
NORTHEAST GEORGIA TO THE
JUNGLES OF VIETNAM WE REMEMBER
THE ONES WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES

RALPH DURWARD CORDELL
1967
BOBBY JAMES
1968
THADEUS DURRETT
1968
LOUIS JOHN CLEVER
1969
SAMMY HOWARD WHITWORTH
1969
GALEN MINOR SMITH
1969

NEVER TO BE FORGOTTEN
(On "V" base:) THE BROKEN V SYMBOLIZES
THE CASUALTIES BROKEN DREAMS,
PROMISES AND PLANS.

DEDICATED NOVEMBER 15, 1987 BY HART COUNTY CITIZENS TO HONOR
THE MEMORY OF SIX HART COUNTY MEN WHOSE PATRONAGE NEVER DIMMED:
WHOSE LOYALTY NEVER WEAKENED:WHOSE COURAGE NEVER FALTERED: SO THAT
CHERISHED DREAMS COULD BE REALIZED FOR THOSE WHO COME AFTER THEM

(On front bottom of right panel:) 1959 VIETNAM 1975 signed Founder's mark appears."http://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=125U1Y144R209.17705&profile=ariall&uri=link=3100008~!178909~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=Browse&menu=search&ri=1&source=~!siartinventories&term=Outdoor+Sculpture+--+Georgia+--+Hartwell&index=OBJEC#focus

TITLE: Vietnam Memorial ARTIST(S): Mooney, Steve, sculptor. Hart, Frederick, 1943-1999, sculptor. (copy after) Keystone Memorials, fabricator. DATE: 11/15/1987 MEDIUM: Sculpture: grey granite and black granite; Base: grey granite CONTROL NUMBER: IAS GA000548 Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link] PHYSICAL LOCATION: Located Hart County Courthouse 185 Franklin Street Southeast corner of courtyard Hartwell, Georgia 30643 DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH: None

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