Unique World War 2 monument honoring 44 former El Reno students who served in WW2 and gave their lives. The front of the monument lists their names, ranks, service branches and units, dates of death, and how they died for each of those men. The back side of the stone bears their images alongside images of airplanes (B-17, P-38, etc), ships (inc. USS Oklahoma), and other equipment they served in.See more..
Oklahoma has some of the strangest and often deadliest weather anywhere...I recently stopped by the memorial when I was in El Reno to the three storm researchers that passed away chasing the May 31, 2013 tornado. At one time the storm was 2.6 miles wide. These brave men died trying to gather valuable knowledge to help save the lives of others ♥️ I thought the memorial was a very nice tribute to keep their memory alive. People still visit and leave trinkets & coins in Thor honor. Exit 127 off I-40 then travel southbound on Radio Road about a mile and turn left, granite monument sits on the north side of Reuter Road near a field.See more..
Heroes Plaza in downtown El Reno features several monuments paying homage to all of the Canadian County, OK, casualties in military service at any time. In addition to those special monuments, the plaza also features a statue of a Doughboy from World War I, as well flags & bricks honoring other servicemen. Famous riderless horse Black Jack and a military funeral scene are painted on the reverse.See more..
