Men of Courage Monument (WWII)

This Vernal monument honors the Second World War generation — the men and women of the Uinta Basin who went off to the largest war in human history, and the home-front community that backed them. The Greatest Generation, the phrase later went; some sixteen million Americans served, and the small towns of the rural West emptied of their young men for the duration. "Men of Courage" names the local share of that vast effort, set among the other memorials Vernal has gathered, war by war, into one place.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Vernal — steps away
  The self-proclaimed Dinosaur Capital of Utah
• Utah Field House of Natural History — steps away
  A dinosaur museum with life-size replicas in an outdoor garden
• Steinaker State Park — 4.2 mi
  A warm-water reservoir popular for swimming in the desert heat
• McConkie Ranch Petroglyphs — 6.5 mi
  Massive Fremont-era rock art panels on private ranch land open to visitors

More markers nearby

• American Mother Veterans War Memorial — steps away
• Operation Desert Storm Memorial — steps away
• Spirit of the American Doughboy (WWI) — steps away
• Vietnam War Memorial — steps away