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The Yangtze Memorial is a pre-War landmark in the Mojave Wasteland.
Background[]
The Yangtze Memorial honors the fallen of the Yangtze Campaign, a part of the 2073 invasion of the Chinese mainland that occurred as part of the Sino-American War. The intense fighting along the Yangtze River consumed many lives on both sides of the conflict, leading to this memorial being erected to honor American lives lost. The structure is damaged by elements and scavenging, but remains standing over two centuries after the nuclear holocaust. The names of the fallen remain visible on the faded stone. Few wastelanders remember the exact reason for the large cross being there. Now it's mostly used as a useful landmark for navigating the wasteland. At the present, it marks the edges of safe territory around Quarry Junction, after deathclaws took it over. The burial mounds and warning signs are a testament to the ferocity of the territorial reptiles.[1]
List of honored servicemen[]
- Cpt Michael Kilpatrick
- PFC Bruce Richardson
- Maj Dominick Cruz
- Sgt Alfredo Williams
- PFC Kenneth Edwards
- SP4 Rafael Lopez
- SP5 George Woods
- Sgt Antonio Warrens
- SP4 Arfien Danko
- SSgt Israel Michaels
- PFC Manuel Michaelson
- PFC Robert Kelly
- Sgt David James
- Sgt Lester Leonards
- WO Francis Allen
- Cpl Carl Channing
- SP4 Rodolfo Franklin
- SP4 Eugene Ronald
- SLt Michael Smith
- SFC Michael Allard
- PFC Val Augustus
- SP4 Ronald Allbright
- (rank unknown) Laurence Justice
- SP4 Andrew Ulysses
- LCpl Jeremiah Liberty
- SP5 Bobby Newhope
- PFC Ervin Allen
- JrCpt Charles Davies
- LCpl Charles Webster
- Capt Franklin Burns
- 2Lt Dale Martin
- Sgt Dan Brooks
- SP5 Daniel Martin
- Sgt Jerry Lavern
- WO David Martin
- 1Lt Dean Butler
- LCpl Donald Ray
- PFC Joseph Alencastre
- PFC Charles Eugene Signorini
- PFC Sampson Louis Carica
- GySgt Orville Lemuel
- Cpl Carl Roosevelt
- Cpl Charles Danson
- SP4 David Harold Wilson
- PFC Ray George
- Lt1c Dewey Lee Elton
- Sgt Donald Jamison
- PFC Elton Harrold Patrick
- PFC Alexander Marion (Pscot?)
- PFC Earl Alford III
- J.H. Alexander
- SP5 James Blair
- SP4 Patrick James
- SSgt Jasper Berkley
- SSgt Laurie Leon
- Cpl Mickey Algers
- SP4 Richard Carlson
- SP4 Robert Serhand (?)
- Sgt Robert Emmet Smith
- Ltc Robert Allridge
- SP4 Dwayne Rogers
- PFC John Crooney
- 2Lt Woodrow Stamatios Jr
- SP5 Terry Alfstad
- Sgt Woodrow Alferoff
- 1Lt John Thompson
- SP4 Ivan Germation (?)
- LCpl John Oakfield
- Cpl George Alfred Roberts
- Sgt Maria Richards
- CWO Terry Lanierd
Layout[]
The cross stands at the top of a hill providing a good view of the surrounding wasteland. There are three burial mounds at the edge of the cliff and several warning sides. The abandoned shack is to the northwest, providing a good amount of loot and a place to sleep.
Notable loot[]
- The abandoned shack north of the memorial contains a fair amount of loot (see the article for details).
- The burial mounds can be dug up with a shovel to yield random items.
- There's a long-dead wastelander at the bottom of the warning sign by the cliff, with a duffle bag full of random loot.
Behind the scenes[]
- The Yangtze Memorial is based on the 1954 version of the Mount Soledad cross erected near San Diego, California.
Gallery[]
Appearances[]
The Yangtze Memorial appears in Fallout: New Vegas.
References
- ↑ Fallout: New Vegas Official Game Guide Collector's Edition p.383: "[4.07] Yangtze Memorial
Most locals can't rightly remember the exact reason for the large cross on the hill northeast of Goodsprings [4.05], but it honors the fallen of the Yangtze Campaign after the Chinese invaded Alaska in 2066, and the United States fought back, deploying to the Chinese mainland in a long and bloody war that ended with the 2077 holocaust. There's a Hollowed-Out Rock here, and a warning of Deathclaws in the Quarry Junction [4.04] to the northeast. Northwest is an Abandoned Shack [4.S05] that's well worth checking out. Use the memorial as a landmark."
(Fallout: New Vegas Official Game Guide Collector's Edition Tour of the Mojave Wasteland)