Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial, Monument to the Jewish soldiers who fought Nazi Germany, Mount Herzl, Jerusalem, Israel, Middle East

Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial, Monument to the Jewish soldiers who fought Nazi Germany, Mount Herzl, Jerusalem, Israel, Middle East

Lin Wenzhong (aka Lin ZeXu) Ancestral Hall, Fuzhou, Fujian Province, China. Built in honour of Lin ZeXu, a Qing dynasty official that fought the opium war.

The Shanghai People's Heroes Memorial Tower (right), commemorating those who fought for their homeland in wars and natural disasters and The Oriental Pearl Tower (left). Shanghai, China.

Buddhist Stupa at Dhauli Giri Bhubaneshwar Odisha India. this monument lies next to river Daya where great battle of Kalinga was fought the great king Ashoka saw waters of this river turn red with blood he decided to shun violence and adopted Buddhism.

Names of battles fought by Napoleon, Memorial to Napoleon in Place du Casone, Ajaccio, Corsica, France, Europe

Shanti Stupa also known as Peace Pagoda on a small hillock Dhauligiri on the southern bank of Daya River where the Kalinga war was fought near Bhubaneswar Odisha India.

Pakistan mounted guard attending ceremony in London to unveil memorial to Commonwealth military who fought in the World War.

A Veterans Day ceremony at Elmwood Cemetery honors members of the 102nd U.S. Colored Infantry Regiment who fought in the American Civil War, Detroit, Michigan, USA

A Veterans Day ceremony at Elmwood Cemetery honors members of the 102nd U.S. Colored Infantry Regiment who fought in the American Civil War, Detroit, Michigan, USA

Monument to those who fought in 1905, Riga, Latvia, Baltic States, Europe

Campesinos wash for market freshly-picked carrots in a river in Los Negros, Bolivia Friday, Nov. 12, 2004. Ernesto "Che" Guevara was captured by the Bolivian army in 1967 in a nearby valley and executed in La Higuera days later. His body was put on public display in the laundry room of the Vallegrande hospital, then secretly buried under the air strip for 30 years. Guevara and fellow communist guerillas were attempting to launch a continent-wide revolution modeled on Guevara's success in Cuba in the late 1950s. The Bolivian government recently began promoting the area where he fought, was captured, killed and burried for 30 years as the "Ruta del Che," or Che's Route.

Painted images of Ernesto "Che" Guevara stare from a pock-marked wall in La Higuera, Bolivia, Saturday, Nov. 13, 2004. Guevara was captured by the Bolivian army in 1967 in a nearby valley and executed in La Higuera days later. Guevara and fellow communist guerillas were attempting to launch a continent-wide revolution modeled on Guevara's success in Cuba in the late 1950s. The Bolivian government recently began promoting the area where he fought, was captured, killed and burried for 30 years as the "Ruta del Che," or Che's Route.

Elaborate flower wreaths are brought by Afghan soldiers as tokens of respect to the shrine of Ahmad Shah Masood, on the one year anniversary of Masoods assasination, at a ceremony in the Panjshir Valley, Afghanistan, September 9, 2002. Masood was a revered mujahedin leader who fought the Soviets in the Afghan-Soviet war, and who also was one of the main leaders of the Northern Alliance which opposed the Taliban and helped the US Military in their defeat. Masood was assasinated by what are thought to be Al Queda operatives on Sept. 9, 2001. A shrine has been erected in the Panjshir Valley, near the village of Bazarak, from where he led much of his resistance to both the Soviet and Taliban forces, to honor this latest of Afghan war heros.

Armed guards keep an eye on the crowds during a ceremony below the shrine of Ahmad Shah Masood in the Panjshir Valley, September 9, 2002. Masood was a revered mujahedin leader who fought the Soviets in the Afghan-Soviet war, and who also was one of the main leaders of the Northern Alliance which opposed the Taliban and helped the US Military in their defeat. Masood was assasinated by what are thought to be Al Queda operatives on Sept. 9, 2001. A shrine has been erected in the Panjshir Valley, near the village of Bazarak, from where he led much of his resistance to both the Soviet and Taliban forces, to honor this latest of Afghan war heros.

Vendors sell their wares at a street market in El Torno, Bolivia Friday, Nov. 12, 2004. Ernesto "Che" Guevara was captured by the Bolivian army in 1967 in a nearby valley and executed in La Higuera days later. His body was put on public display in the laundry room of the Vallegrande hospital, then secretly buried under the air strip for 30 years. Guevara and fellow communist guerillas were attempting to launch a continent-wide revolution modeled on Guevara's success in Cuba in the late 1950s. The Bolivian government recently began promoting the area where he fought, was captured, killed and burried for 30 years as the "Ruta del Che," or Che's Route.

Moose Sparring

Monument to the fallen of the Kosovo Liberation Army, an ethnic Albanian guerrilla organization which fought for the secession of Kosovo from Serbia in the late 1990s, Pec, Kosovo