Indies Memorial - Smilde NL
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A Multi War Memorial named "Indies Memorial" located at A.M. Sorgstraat in Smilde, The Netherlands.
Waymark Code: WMQFN7
Location: Drenthe, Netherlands
Date Posted: 02/22/2016
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The 'Indies memorial' in Smilde was established in memory of four Dutch soldiers who were killed in the former Dutch East Indies and one soldier who died in Korea in the service of the United Nations.
The names of the five victims read:
J. Daling, A. Grit, J. Smidt, H. Stuifzand en D. Wiersema.
The 'Indies memorial' in Smilde is a bronze beaten open book placed on a brick pedestal with plaque.
The memorial is 1 meter 50 high, 1 meter wide and 40 centimeters deep.
The names of five fallen Dutch soldiers are mounted on the plaque.
The left page of the book commemorates the four soldiers who were killed during the military actions in the former Dutch East Indies.
The right page commerates a soldier who died in 1951 in Korea in the service of the UN.
The book symbolizes the arduous struggle with our colonial history, which separates the generations. A stylized rifle topped by a helmet symbolizing the fallen soldiers. Recessed on the India page and embossed on the Korea page. Negative and positive.
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