The Medal of Honor Relief - Atlantic City, NJ
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N 39° 21.361 W 074° 25.869
18S E 549010 N 4356439
This relief is part of the New Jersey Korean War Memorial in Brighton Park at the Atlantic City Boardwalk.
Waymark Code: WM9RBE
Location: New Jersey, United States
Date Posted: 09/23/2010
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This is one of three sculptures by Thomas Jay Warren at the New Jersey Korean War Memorial. (Another of his sculptures, The Union Worker Memorial WM9RB4 is very closeby.) This work depcits in relief, 4 New Jersey natives who received the Congressional Medal of Honor for their heroism in the Korean War: Edward C. Benfold, Nelson V. Brittin, Hector A, Gafferata, Jr. and Samuel S. Coursen. Each relief also has an engraved biography of the hero.
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