Yangtze Memorial

The Yangtze Memorial is a pre-War landmark in the Mojave Wasteland in 2281.

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 is 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.

Layout
The memorial is in the middle of a platform surrounded by steps descending away from a central fence protecting the monument. There is a hollowed-out rock (identified by a peace sign painted on it) and three graves to the south (one containing a variety of items and two are empty). A "Warning: Deathclaws Ahead!" sign can be found to the east and an abandoned shack to the northwest. A duffle bag is located behind the warning sign.

A coyote often patrols around the memorial, though on occasion a single radscorpion may be present near the graves on the Courier's first visit. High-level radscorpions appear to the north and west, although the memorial itself can be reached in relative safety by a low-level player character.

Appearances
The Yangtze Memorial appears only in Fallout: New Vegas.

Behind the scenes

 * The Yangtze Memorial is visually identical to the real world Mount Soledad Cross in La Jolla, California. The Mojave desert does have another cross dedicated to fallen soldiers, in the form of the Mojave Memorial Cross, to the south-west of Nipton.

Bugs

 * As you approach the memorial, you will be attacked by radscorpions and giant radscorpions. The screen may start to flicker black and at times go totally black apart from your health bar and a few other things. This seems to be fixable by reloading a close save and/or when you walk away from the memorial.
 * When near the memorial (northwest) and you are standing on top of a small cliff, Victor can sometimes be seen in mid air, and he then falls to his death at the bottom of the cliff.