On May 25, 1998, during the dedication of the Baltimore County World War II/Korean War Memorial, the following items were placed in a concrete vault. On Veterans Day, November 11, 1998, after two late arriving artifacts had been added, the vault was buried in front of the Memorial. These artifacts, earth, sand, and water gathered from battlefields and cemeteries around the world will forever connect the American Eagles Memorial to the places where, with great courage and honor, Americans fought and died for our nation.

WORLD WAR II

WATER FROM THE USS ARIZONA MEMORIAL, PEARL HARBOR
COURTESY NATIONAL PARK SERVICE PLACED BY:
GEORGE MARTIN, US ARMY AIR CORPS, B-25 PILOT AT HICKAM FIELD, HAWAII, DEC. 7, 1941
RICHARD AND MARY ANN BROWN / MR. BROWN, USN WAS ABOARD THE USS WEST VIRGINIA ON DEC. 7, 1941 AND WAS SERVING ON THE USS MISSOURI IN TOKYO BAY ON SEPT. 2, 1945 WHEN THE JAPANESE OFFICIALLY SURRENDERED. IT IS BELIEVED THAT MR. BROWN IS ONE OF ONLY FIVE PEOPLE TO HAVE BEEN SO SITUATED.

SAND FROM WAKE ISLAND COLLECTED FOR THIS DEDICATION BY THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS PLACED BY:
EDNA BURNSIDE DEVEREUX, WIDOW OF GEN. JAMES P. S. DEVEREUX, THE HERO OF WAKE ISLAND / MARINE DEFENSE DETACHMENT REPELLED JAPANESE INVADERS FOR 15 DAYS BEFORE BEING OVERWHELMED ON DEC. 23, 1941. BRIGADIER GENERAL WILLIAM A. WHITLOW, USMC / DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS FOR THE MARINE CORPS

BULLET USED ON CORREGIDOR, PHILIPPINES DONATED BY FREDERICK C. "BUTCH" MAISEL, III PLACED BY:
ALLEN V. BEAUCHAMP, USMC / ONE OF THE LAST MARINES TO SURRENDER ON CORREGIDOR. SURVIVED BATAAN DEATH MARCH / POW IN PHILLIPINES AND JAPAN / WINNER 2 BRONZE STARS.
LT. COL. FRANK NOVAK, USA / SERVED ON THE STAFF OF GEN. DOUGLAS MacARTHUR. JOHN E. BRANDAU, USN / RAISED FIRST AMERICAN FLAG AT LEYTE UPON THE RETURN OF GEN. MacARTHUR TO THE PHILIPPINES, OCTOBER 20, 1944. CHARLES L. McCARTIN, USA, 803RD ENGINEER BATTALION / BATAAN DEATH MARCH SURVIVOR.

SAND AND WATER FROM MIDWAY ISLAND DONATED BY:
THE INTERNATIONAL MIDWAY MEMORIAL FOUNDATION PLACED BY:
DR. JAMES M. D'ANGELO, FOUNDER, INTERNATIONAL MIDWAY MEMORIAL FOUNDATION. VICE ADMIRAL WILLIAM D. HOUSER, USN (Ret.) FOUGHT IN ALEUTIAN DIVERSIONARY ATTACK BY JAPANESE DURING PRELUDE TO BATTLE OF MIDWAY / HONORARY TRUSTEE OF THE INTERNATIONAL MIDWAY MEMORIAL FOUNDATION HERBERT WITZ, PRESIDENT, ENSIGN C. MARKLAND KELLY, JR. MEMORIAL FOUNDATION HAROLD THOMPSON, USN / SERVED ABOARD USS HOBSON ON D-DAY AND DURING THE INVASION OF OKINAWA / COMMANDER, KELLY-TIMONIUM POST OF THE AMERICAN LEGION. ENSIGN C. MARKLAND KELLY, JR. GAVE HIS LIFE DEFEATING THE JAPANESE FLEET, JUNE 6, 1942.

EARTH FROM THE NORTH AFRICA AMERICAN CEMETERY, TUNISIA
COURTESY THE AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS COMMISSION
PLACED BY:
WALTER SALMON, TECH SGT., 9TH ARMY AIR CORPS, 98TH BOMB GROUP / SERVED IN NORTH AFRICA, EUROPE, AND MIDDLE EAST. LOU AND MARY LEE KOERBER

EARTH FROM THE FLORENCE AMERICAN CEMETERY, NORTHERN ITALY
COURTESY AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS COMMISSION PLACED BY:
WADE EDWARDS, 10TH MOUNTAIN DIVISION. MR. EDWARDS CONSTRUCTED THE AMERICAN EAGLES MEMORIAL AND THE CHILDREN OF LIBERTY MEMORIAL. DAWSON L. FARBER, JR. / SERVED WITH 338TH REGIMENTAL COMBAT TEAM, 85TH DIVISION AT THE CASSINO LINE, SOUTH OF ROME AND AT THE GOTHIC LINE, NORTH OF FLORENCE. THE 338TH WON A PRESIDENTIAL CITATION FOR BREAKING THE GOTHIC LINE.

PARACHUTE FRAGMENT FROM AMERICAN AIRBORNE UNIT, STE. MERE EGLISE DONATED BY FREDERICK C. "BUTCH" MAISEL, III PLACED BY:
WARREN G. SODY, 101ST AIRBORNE / JUMPED AT 1:00 A.M. JUNE 6, 1944; FOUGHT WITH 82ND FOR 2 WEEKS BEFORE REJOINING 101ST.
COL. PAUL L. GRANT, CHAPLAIN, MDNG

SAND FROM UTAH BEACH DONATED BY FREDERICK C. "BUTCH" MAISEL, III
PLACED IN MEMORY OF MAJOR FREDERICK C. MAISEL, JR., BY HIS BROTHER, ROBERT MAISEL, USA / MEDICAL CORPS OFFICER IN ITALY AND HIS ELEVEN YEAR OLD GRANDSON, CHRISTIAN MAISEL, AGE 11. FREDERICK MAISEL, JR., US ARMY, LANDED ON UTAH BEACH ON JUNE 6, 1944 AS A MEMBER OF THE 8TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 4TH DIVISION

SAND FROM OMAHA BEACH DONATED BY MRS. DOTTIE McSORLEY
PLACED BY:
DOTTIE McSORLEY IN MEMORY OF HER HUSBAND ED McSORLEY, ARMY AIR CORPS WHO FLEW IN A FIGHTER SQUADRON OVER OMAHA BEACH ON D-DAY. ED ALSO SERVED IN KOREA AND VIETNAM. LOWRY BROOKS, 115TH INFANTRY, 29TH DIVISION / AS AN OPERATIONS SERGEANT FOUGHT ALL THE WAY TO THE ELBE RIVER

SOIL AND CONCRETE FROM A GERMAN BUNKER, POINTE DU HOC 100' ABOVE OMAHA BEACH COURTESY AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS COMMISSION AND F.C. "BUTCH" MAISEL, III PLACED BY:
BILL WALSH, JR. 2ND RANGER BATTALION / WOUNDED DURING ASSAULT ON PT. DU HOC ALAN AND JEANNIE WALDEN

EARTH FROM THE NORMANDY AMERICAN CEMETERY COURTESY AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS COMMISSION PLACED BY:
WARREN G. SODY / BROTHER JOHN JOSEPH SODY WAS KILLED IN ACTION AND BURIED AT STE MERE EGLISE AND LATER REBURIED IN THE NORMANDY AMERICAN CEMETERY. LT. GENERAL JAMES F. FRETTERD

EARTH FROM ST. LÔ AND HEDGEROW COURTESY JOE MOSCATI, NATIONAL COMMANDER 29TH DIVISION ASSOCIATION PLACED BY:
BRIGADIER GENERAL ALLEN DAVIS, JR., 29TH DIVISION GEORGE TONER, US ARMY AIR CORPS / AIR RECONNAISANCE, CARIBBEAN SUB PATROL
THERESA TONER, US ARMY AIR CORPS / REPAIRED B-17s

EARTH FROM THE ARDENNES AMERICAN CEMETERY COURTESY AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS COMMISSION PLACED BY:
BRIGADIER GENERAL JOHN F. BURK, JR. USA (RET.) CHAIRMAN, MARYLAND WORLD WAR II MEMORIAL COMMISSION / AS A CAPTAIN, JACK BURK PARTICIPATED IN THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE WITH THE 289TH INFANTRY, 75TH DIVISION. SHANDON SOLES, 8TH DIVISION / BATTLE OF THE BULGE, DEC. 1944 / LAST GERMAN OFFENSIVE OF WWII. BILL WAKEFIELD, U.S. ARMY GLIDER TROOPER, 13TH AIRBORNE DIVISION.

HISTORY AND ENGAGEMENTS OF USS CAPE GLOUCESTER, CVE
DONATED AND PLACED BY HARRY A. KREBS, MARINE CORPS AVIATOR
CHARLES F. "BLACKIE' BLOCKSTON, US MERCHANT MARINE / IN A CONVOY FROM ICELAND TO MURMANSK, SURVIVED GERMAN DIVE-BOMBER ATTACK BEFORE S.S. CARLTON WAS SUNK BY A U-BOAT ON JULY 5, 1942. BLACKIE IS THE 3RD ENGINEER ON THE LIBERTY SHIP, S.S JOHN BROWN DOCKED AT PIER 1, CLINTON ST., CANTON.

SAND FROM SAIPAN COURTESY HOSURL PAK PLACED BY:
SAMUEL A. CULOTTA, US NAVY CORPSMAN / CAME ASHORE ON THE BEACHES OF SAIPAN WITH USMC, 2ND DIVISION ON 15 JUNE 1944 / ALSO PARTICIPATED IN THE INVASION OF OKINAWA. JOE MOSCATI, NATIONAL COMMANDER 29TH DIVISION ASSOCIATION/ SERVED IN PACIFIC

SAND FROM IWO JIMA DONATED BY RON SMITH, USMC (Ret.) PLACED BY:
RON AND JUNE SMITH EARL W. YEAGER, USMC / PARTICIPATED IN THREE PACIFIC CAMPAIGNS: PELALU, LEYTE, AND OKINAWA / FATHER OF PFC JOHN WILLIAM YEAGER, USMC WHO GAVE HIS LIFE FOR HIS COUNTRY IN VIETNAM. PFC YEAGER IS BURIED IN THE CIRCLE OF THE IMMORTALS.
LT. COL. ROBERT ARMSTRONG, USA ACTIVE RESERVE / PFC YEAGER'S STEP-BROTHER

KOREAN WAR

PRAYER BOOK CARRIED BY VINCE KREPPS PLACED BY VINCE KREPPS, USA, IN MEMORY OF HIS TWIN BROTHER RICHARD WHO WAS CAPTURED AT KU-NURI; RICHARD'S FATE HAS NEVER BEEN CONFIRMED BUT IT IS ASSUMED THAT HE DIED IN A POW CAMP. SAND FROM GREEN BEACH, WOL-MI-DO ISLAND, INCHON HARBOR, SOUTH KOREA EARTH FROM THE BASE OF THE STATUE OF GENERAL DOUGLAS MacARTHUR AND NEAR MEMORIAL HALL, LIBERTY PARK, INCHON, SOUTH KOREA

DONATED BY MAJOR HOSURL PAK, ROK ARMY (Ret.) PLACED BY:
ROBERT VOLKMAN, USMC / IN RESERVE AT INCHON / IN ACTION AT SEOUL 21 SEPT. 1950 AND THE CHOSIN RESERVOIR.

EARTH FROM SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA DONATED BY PAUL STEPPE, KELLY-TIMONIUM POST #174 OF THE AMERICAN LEGION PLACED BY:
PAUL STEPPE, USMC, 1ST REGIMENT, 1ST DIVISION. / WOUNDED ON DEC. 24, 1951 AT WANGGI, N. KOREA / PAST COMMANDER, KELLY-TIMONIUM POST OF THE AMERICAN LEGION. COL. HAKSOO YOON, ROKAF, AIR ATTACHE TO THE SOUTH KOREAN AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED STATES.

PIECES OF ASPHALT RUNWAY, AIR BASE K-9, SOO-YEONG, SOUTH KOREA. K-9 WAS USED BY U.S. 5TH AIR FORCE, 453RD BOMBER GROUP, AND 17TH LIGHT BOMBER GROUP DONATED BY MAJOR HOSURL PAK, ROK ARMY (Ret.)
PLACED BY SSGT JOHN McKENNA, USAF, 91ST SRATEGIC RECONNAISANCE SQUADRON / B-29 TAILGUNNER AND PHOTOGRAPHER DURING KOREAN WAR.

EARTH FROM UNITED NATIONS CEMETERY, PUSAN, SOUTH KOREA
EARTH FROM UNITED STATES ARMY GARRISON (CAMP HIALEAH), PUSAN
DONATED BY MAJOR HOSURL PAK, ROK ARMY (Ret.)
PLACED BY:
EARL HOUSE, USA, 31ST INF. REGIMENT, 7TH DIVISION / IN COMBAT IN THE MUNGNI VALLEY, N. KOREA. JEROME MILBURN, USMC / SERVED IN KOREA FROM DEC. 1953 TO FEB. 1955 / FORMER NATIONAL PRESIDENT OF THE MONTFORD POINT MARINE ASSOCIATION

EARTH FROM HAMHUNG, NORTH KOREA ON THE ROUTE FOLLOWED BY AMERICAN ARMY AND MARINE CORPS DURING THE BREAKOUT FROM THE CHOSIN RESERVOIR TO THE PORT OF HUNGNAM DONATED BY MAJOR HOSURL PAK, ROK ARMY (Ret.) PLACED BY:
MAJOR HOSURL PAK EDGAR HERMAN, PRESIDENT MARYLAND CHAPTER OF THE KOREAN WAR VETERANS ASSOCIATION / SERVED WITH US ARMY, 7TH DIVISION AT THE CHOSIN RESERVOIR MICHAEL SISK, VIETNAM VETERAN / PRESIDENT MARYLAND CHAPTER FIRST MARINE DIVISION ASSOCIATION. BIBLE CARRIED DURING KOREAN WAR BY ROBERT L. EHRLICH, SR., USMC