Grand Army of the Republic - Washington, KS - American Civil War Monuments and Memorials on Waymarking.com

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:

"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

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