Mena HISTORY

 Monuments Erected 1992

APRIL THE WAR MONTH

April has been the fatal month for peace in the United States. It was in April 1775, that the War of the Revolution began, and it lasted till the end of April 1783.  

The Black Hawk Indian War, in which 6,465 United States troops were engaged, began in April, 1831.

The Mexican War, with 30,000 regulars and 73,000 militia and volunteers in the field, began in April, 1846.

The Civil War, with 2,772,408 United States troops engaged, began in April, 1861.  

The Spanish-American War, in which nearly 300,000 United States troops were engaged, began in April 1898. 

And it was on April 20, 1914, that President Wilson asked Congress to assist him to uphold the dignity of the United States against Huerta, the dictator of Mexico.

The United States joined in World War I in April 1917.

Marines and soldiers landed unopposed on April 1, 1945, to begin an 82-day campaign which became the largest land-sea-air battle in history and was noted for the ferocity of the fighting and the high civilian casualties with over 150,000 Okinawans losing their lives. 

SOME WAR FIGURES TO BOGGLE YOUR MIND
This chart appeared before the end of Wold War II in a local paper.

 World War I

Bailey, Feaster
Bard, Robert
Bates, George
Baugh, Joel
Bennett,Charles
Boerstler, Arthur
Carper, George
Cook, George
Cook, William
Daniels, Will
Eddleman, Claude
Farley, Lawrence
Fried, Frank
Gann, Wyatt
Graves, Lee
Guin, William
Hilton, Robert
Loftis, Lemuel
Matteson, Ben
McDaniel, Douglas
Matteson, Ben
McDaniel, Douglas
Melton Baxter
MIller, Wesley
Mitchell, Murtchie
Nesbest, Gentry
Norton, Joseph
Ramsey, Steel
Sammons, Barney
Schell,Samuel
Shetley, Harold
Standridge, Ross
Suit, Sam
Trow, Wagoner
Ward, Frank Jr.
Woodell,Herbert
Wooley, Runie

World War II
Side 1

Almonrode, Hollis K.
Bainum, Frank C.
Baker, Leon C.
Bass, Thomas L.
Bennett, William J.
Blanton, Samuel
Calicott, Ervin B.
Combs, Paul M.
Dandridge, James R.
Davis, Grover M.
Ellison, Charles A.
Foley, J.
Ford, William C.
Forsyth, John A.
Guinn, Theordore P.
Hamock Virgle
Hankins, Iven L.
Hardin, Herbert D.
Hodges, Walter F.
Hoskinson, Algia M.
Hughes, Teal F.
Lawrence, Ira O.
Lewis, John A.
Lichlyter, John C.
Malone, William A.

 World War II
Side 2

Marlar, Jack
Martin, William J.
McCauley, Robert J.
Moore, Raymond
Musgrave, John
Oats, Ernest
Parks, Eugene
Payne, Edward Jr.
Philpot, Eugene
Plunkett, Morden
Putman, Clifton E.
Rabb, John
Rackley, William A.
Richardson, Henry
Richmond, Harvey
Roberts, John H.
Ruddell, Fred G.
Rush, Foy
Ryan, Eugene V.
Schott, Charles
Simpson, Haskell
Simpson, Vernon
Smith, Harold
Smith, Hollis R.
Smith, Jesse C.
Springs, William F.
Standridge, W.L.
Standridge, John W.
Stewart, Elmer L.