Merchant Marine WWII Memorial - New Mexico Veterans Park
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N 35° 03.638 W 106° 34.042
13S E 357074 N 3880890
This Memorial is located in the Veterans Memorial Park in Albuquerque New Mexico
Waymark Code: WM2NBQ
Location: New Mexico, United States
Date Posted: 11/25/2007
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The Stone reads:
MERCHANT MARINE
THE FORGOTTEN HEROES
THE MERCHANT MARINE
CASUALTY RATE WAS ONE
OF THE HIGHEST OF ALL THE
SERVICES
THE MERCHANT MARINE LIBERTY
SHIP SS STEPHEN HOPKIN SANK
THE GERMAN GUNSHIP (STIER) THE
ONLY GERMAN SURFACE WARSHIP
THAT WAS SUNK BY THE U.S.A.IN A
SURFACE BATTLE DURING WWII.
THE MERCHANT MARINE WAS INVOLVED IN
EVERY MAJOR BEACHHEAD LANDING OF WORLD
WAR II. CARRYING TROOPS AND SUPPLIES
AS WELL AS PLANES AND FUEL
TO THE AIRFIELDS.
Property Permission: Public
Location of waymark:
1100 Louisiana Blvd SE
Albuequrque, NM USA
87198
Commemoration: Merchant Marine in WWII
Date of Dedication: Not listed
Access instructions: Not listed
Access times: Not listed
Website for Waymark: Not listed
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