{"id":1098,"date":"2009-01-03T03:50:00","date_gmt":"2009-01-03T09:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/genealogy.julietarr.com\/blog\/bisbee-arizona-wwii-memorial\/"},"modified":"2014-05-23T17:51:19","modified_gmt":"2014-05-23T22:51:19","slug":"bisbee-arizona-wwii-memorial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/genealogy.julietarr.com\/blog\/bisbee-arizona-wwii-memorial\/","title":{"rendered":"Bisbee, Arizona, World War II Memorial"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While visiting mom in Arizona for Christmas, we took a day trip to Bisbee, a mining town in Southern Arizona.&nbsp; I wanted to share with you a beautiful WWII memorial that I found located near the Lavender Pit.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" border=\"0\" alt=\"P1000395\" src=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/_udfzp1vLXt0\/SV8m1UVfJSI\/AAAAAAAACuc\/9I_ofM5YGc4\/P1000395%5B9%5D.jpg?imgmax=800\" width=\"520\" height=\"396\"><\/p>\n<p>A quick search turned up a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.svherald.com\/articles\/2008\/05\/01\/news\/doc481963bbaa32b409398640.txt\" target=\"_blank\">news article<\/a> written in the Sierra Vista Herald\/Bisbee Review on 1 May 2008.&nbsp; Here is an excerpt from the article:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Bisbee resident Nick Pavlovich said another project is to build a monument to Benko in Bisbee to honor his exploits and to recognize 75 other Bisbee area residents who were killed in World War II.<\/p>\n<p>The top of the monument will be dedicated to Benko, and the bottom will list all the names of those killed-in-action from the area, Pavlovich said.<\/p>\n<p>The monument is scheduled to be placed near the overlook to the Lavender Pit. Benko worked as an electrician for a copper mining company in Bisbee.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The remaining four pictures show the top only, the bottom only, and the names that are inscribed on the bottom.&nbsp; I am not sure what the inscription on the top is; it was hard to read even in person.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" border=\"0\" alt=\"P1000397\" src=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/_udfzp1vLXt0\/SV8m1_EJ4wI\/AAAAAAAACug\/CTyc75J3bcw\/P1000397%5B4%5D.jpg?imgmax=800\" width=\"520\" height=\"393\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" border=\"0\" alt=\"P1000396\" src=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/_udfzp1vLXt0\/SV8m2jP0_XI\/AAAAAAAACuk\/I9dJ9mc3Lvk\/P1000396%5B4%5D.jpg?imgmax=800\" width=\"520\" height=\"393\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" border=\"0\" alt=\"P1000398\" src=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/_udfzp1vLXt0\/SV8m3gxCUsI\/AAAAAAAACuo\/aFfVyctMmrg\/P1000398%5B4%5D.jpg?imgmax=800\" width=\"520\" height=\"393\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" border=\"0\" alt=\"P1000399\" src=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/_udfzp1vLXt0\/SV8m4BrarCI\/AAAAAAAACus\/t-viTvy23jg\/P1000399%5B4%5D.jpg?imgmax=800\" width=\"520\" height=\"393\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>Updated 05\/23\/14<\/strong> &#8211; After reading Heather Wilkinson Rojo\u2019s post, <a href=\"http:\/\/nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com\/2014\/05\/would-you-like-to-contribute-to-honor.html\">Would You Like to Contribute to the Honor Roll Project for Memorial Day?<\/a>, I decided to write a post about the Illinois Korean War Memorial at Oak Ridge Cemetery in Springfield, Illinois.&nbsp; Once I posted it and reviewed the formatting, I noticed that this Bisbee post was listed as a \u201cRelated Post.\u201d&nbsp; This was written so long ago, I had forgotten all about it.&nbsp; Since the post did not originally include a transcription of the names on the memorial, I am going to add them now.<\/p>\n<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"500\" border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"250\">Manuel Abasta, Jr.<br \/>Frank L. Adams<br \/>John Aira, Jr.<br \/>Robert Bell<br \/>Arthur Bnko<br \/>Josiah Bond<br \/>Theodore R. Bozarth<br \/>Franch L. Brandon<br \/>France M. Branson<br \/>Marcus Brown<br \/>Blanche L. Busey<br \/>Charles L. Callahan<br \/>Felix M. Chavez<br \/>Charles T. Cleveland<br \/>Robert L. Cox<br \/>Henry E. Crist<br \/>Harold V. Cummins<br \/>Jack L. Davis<br \/>Billy L. Decker<br \/>Dale E. Decker<br \/>Howard Dennison<br \/>Martin Dodge<br \/>George F. Donahue<br \/>Jack J. Doughtery<br \/>Jack S. Dymock<br \/>Antonio P. Escalante<br \/>Rafael L. Esquer<br \/>Gilbert Estrada<br \/>Maurice L. Forrey<br \/>Marvin Gale<br \/>Gus J. Gaxiola<br \/>George A. Glasson<br \/>Al B. Goodall<br \/>Robert B. Graham<br \/>William A. Graham<br \/>Horace M. Hill<br \/>George H. Holland<br \/>Felipe V. Hirales<br \/>Ralph V. Hirales<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"250\">Harvey J. Hughes<br \/>Roy E. Hughes<br \/>Peter K. Ivanovitch<br \/>John M. Lindholm<br \/>Tom C. 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