Editing Voi Memorial

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{{Center|''Not to be confused with the [[ONI Memorial]], located in [[ONI Alpha Site (location)|ONI Alpha Site]].''}}
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[[File:H3 - Voi Memorial Remembrance.png|thumb|300px|Flowers, boots, weapons, medals, and pictures adorn the memorial.]]
The '''Voi Memorial'''{{Ref/Novel|Halo: Glasslands|Chapter=14}}{{Ref/Novel|Id=HGC16|Halo: Glasslands|Chapter=16}} is a tribute to the soldiers of the [[United Nations Space Command]], the [[Unified Earth Government]] and the [[Fleet of Retribution]] who gave their lives during the 28-year [[Human-Covenant War]] and formally marked the [[Battle of the Citadel|end]] of the war.{{Ref/Level|Id=halo3|[[Halo 3]]|[[Halo (Halo 3 level)|Halo]]}}

==Overview==
===Inscription===
<tt>IN MEMORY OF THOSE FALLEN</tt>

<tt>IN THE DEFENSE OF EARTH</tt>

<tt>AND HER COLONIES</tt>

<tt>MARCH 3, 2553</tt>

===Known personnel commemorated on memorial===
*[[Captain (Navy)|Captain]] [[Jacob Keyes]]
*[[Colonel]] [[James Ackerson]]
*[[Commander]] [[Miranda Keyes]]
*[[Master Chief Petty Officer]] [[SPARTAN-117]] (believed dead but actually MIA)
*[[Sergeant Major]] [[Avery Junior Johnson]]

==History==
{{Quote|For us, the storm has passed... the war is over. But let us never forget those who journeyed into the howling dark and did not return. For their decision required courage beyond measure; sacrifice, and unshakable conviction that their fight... our fight, was elsewhere. As we start to rebuild, this hillside will remain barren, a memorial to heroes fallen. They ennobled all of us, and they shall not be forgotten.|[[Fleet Admiral]] [[Terrence Hood]]'s speech at the memorial.{{Ref/Reuse|halo3}}}}
[[File:Memorial atten d.PNG|thumb|250px|Survivors and other Marines begin the memorial at daybreak.]]
Held above the ruins of [[Voi]], in [[East African Protectorate|east]] [[Africa]], on a hillside in Voi on [[2553|March 3, 2553]], the Voi Memorial was set up by [[Fleet Admiral]] [[Terrence Hood]] three months after the [[Battle of Voi]]. The memorial takes the form of the wing of a [[D77H-TCI Pelican|Pelican dropship]], with names and photographs of people who were killed in defense of [[Earth]] and her colonies, an inscription stating the official end of the Human-Covenant War, and a small section devoted to [[John-117]] who, in accordance with [[Office of Naval Intelligence|ONI]] [[ONI Directive 930|Directive 930]], is listed as [[missing in action]].

A number of survivors from the [[Battle of Installation 00]] attended the memorial, including [[Gunnery Sergeant]]s [[Marcus Stacker]] and [[Reynolds]], [[Private First Class]] [[Chips Dubbo]], the current [[Arbiter]], [[Thel 'Vadam]], and some of his guards.{{Ref/Reuse|HGC16}} Various other UNSC personnel were also present, including ONI Commander-in-Chief Admiral [[Margaret Parangosky]], [[Captain (Navy)|Captain]] [[Serin Osman]],{{Ref/Reuse|HGC16}} [[Chief Petty Officer|CPO]] [[Franklin Mendez]], as well as some of the surviving [[SPARTAN-II Program|SPARTAN-IIs]]—[[Naomi-010]], [[Linda-058]], [[Kelly-087]], and [[Frederic-104]].{{Ref/Reuse|HGC16}}

Curiously, the [[UNSC Army]] was the only branch of the [[United Nations Space Command]] armed forces not invited to the memorial ceremony by Admiral Hood. Admiral Parangosky found this "goddamn rude," even by her standards.{{Ref/Reuse|HGC16}}

After meeting [[Lieutenant Commander]] [[Amalea Petrov]] who had been stranded on [[Netherop]] for thirty-three years, Thel mentioned that the last time he was on Earth, Thel had been there to honor a human friend and he found the great peak of [[Mount Kilimanjaro]] to be extraordinarily beautiful.{{Ref/Novel|Out|9}}

==Production notes==
[[File:HO-Voi Memorial.png|thumb|250px|The Voi Memorial in ''[[Halo Online]]''.]]
Originally, ''Halo 3'' Art Director [[Marcus Lehto]] wanted the memorial to be a "giant marble monument," but [[Paul Russel]] suggested a more temporary monument would be more "tear jerking," as "only a couple of days" had passed from the events of the Ark.<ref>[https://picasaweb.google.com/114253662089061571624/HALO3#5500020269181612642 ''Picasa'': Paul Russel > HALO3 > 23/25]</ref> Later fiction, however, establishes that the survivors from the Ark returned in December 2552, meaning that over three months had passed from their return by the time the memorial ceremony was held.

A cutscene for the cancelled ''[[Halo Online]]'' would have shown the Memorial and ceremony.

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==Trivia==
*There are some photos on the memorial portraying [[Gunnery Sergeant]] Stacker as depicted in ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'', although Stacker was the senior NCO conducting the memorial.
*If one looks at a certain picture of a deceased Marine, it shows him in a [[UNSC Marine Corps Dress Uniform|dress uniform]] similar to that of the modern day [[Wikipedia:United States Marine Corps|U.S. Marine Corps]]. This indicates that the UNSC Marines wear a variety of different dress uniforms, as just before the [[Battle of Earth]], Sergeant Johnson was seen wearing a dress uniform similar to that of the Navy, yet, in [[2524]], wore the aforementioned "dress blues".
*There are three Medals of Honor on the monument awarded to Miranda Keyes, Avery Johnson, and an unnamed Marine.
*Aside from the etched "117" markings, there is a Three-Star Master Chief Patch. The Patch is stands for the position of "Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy," yet the tape covers one of the stars.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Memorial pictures.PNG|Pictures, ribbons, flowers, insignias, and weapons to remember the dead.
File:Attend2.PNG|Thel 'Vadam joins the Marines in the memorial at dusk.
File:Shot salute.PNG|Seven Marines fire their rifles as part of the memorial.
File:Arbiter talk.PNG|Lord Hood thanks Thel 'Vadam for standing by the Chief and humanity until the end.
File:Handshake-large.jpg|Lord Hood and Thel 'Vadam shaking hands.
File:H3 Voi Memorial 117 carving.png|In memory to John-117.
</gallery>

==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo 3]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo: Glasslands]]''
*''[[Halo: Initiation]]''
*''[[Halo: Mortal Dictata]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Halo: The Rubicon Protocol]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Halo: Outcasts]]'' {{Mo}}

==Sources==
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