I joined a tour explaining this memorial. The tour guide explained that each State in the Union has a pillar around the central fountain. WW II was really two completely different wars. The Atlantic war included everything that happened in Europe, Africa, and the waters between there and North America. The Pacific war was much more naval. It was all about island hopping and sea battles. Because of that the scene was broken into two towers separated by a nice pool with the pillars arranged in an oval around all that.

  

Seemed to me that the focus of this monument was very pro military. It also seemed to me to take the officers point of view on things. The tour guide had explained that Senator Bob Dole was key to making it happen, and he was a very gung ho Republican. I guess it figures.