On the parade ground, there are monuments dedicated to each of the four services. They are a Marine Landing Craft (LVT-H-6); an Army Sherman Tank (M4A3) and an Army Missile (Corporal); an Air Force Jet (F4-C Phantom II); and an AH-1 Cobra Helicopter and a Navy Anchor from the U.S.S. Coral Sea. A United States Coast Guard Bell serves as a monument to Citadel graduates who have lost their lives upon the sea.
Along the Avenue of Remembrance and on Summerall Field, memorial trees honor the memory of Citadel graduates killed in action. A small plaque by each tree gives the name of each graduate so honored.
Summerall Field carries the name of the 10th president of The Citadel, General Charles Pelot Summerall, whose military service spanned from the Spanish American War, Philippine Insurrection, and Boxer Rebellion through victorious, but bloody, battles of World War I. Summerall achieved early fame in the assault on Peking in 1900. He was then a young Army lieutenant. Equipped with a stick of chalk with which to mark his target, Summerall took his field guns through heavy fire to positions that permitted his platoon cannon to blast open the gates at point-blank range of the successive walls of the Imperial and Forbidden cities of China. Summerall's effective use of artillery made him the most original tactician in France during World War I. The famous First Division, under Summerall's command, produced artillery results precedent in American history. As the first Southerner to wear the four stars of a general, he capped a colorful military career as chief of staff of the Army. General Summerall died in 1955. His medals and dress sword are on display in Summerall Chapel.
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