Afghanistan-Iraq War Memorial - Thomson, CT
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N 41° 59.055 W 071° 53.791
19T E 260047 N 4652086
The Thomson CT, Afghanistan-911-Iraq memorial is located in a small park on Riverside Drive, Route 12.
Waymark Code: WMFT7D
Location: Connecticut, United States
Date Posted: 11/27/2012
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The VFW Post 10088 and the Ladies Auxiliary have erected a memorial to those who have served in Afghanistan and Iraq post 911. Three distinctive monuments that are historically related are joined together to form the memorial.
In the center is a larger black granite tablet in memory of September 11, 2001. On either side of this monument are granite monuments to the Afghanistan war, on the left, and the Iraq War, on the right. The name each country inscribed in an outline map of the country. The back of each has a list of names of those who served. The back of the 911 memorial has a dedication to all those who served during war and peace.
The front of the central tablet is inscribed with the symbols for the branches of the armed services followed by a dedication:
ARMY - NAVY - MARINES
AIR FORCE - COAST GUARD
DEDICATED TO THOSE MEN AND WOMEN
WHO SERVED OUR COUNTRY IN TIMES
OF PEACE AND WAR
{Laser etched image of the twin towers in New York City}
IN MEMORY
SEPTEMBER 11, 2001
{Laser etched image of crossed American flags}
The back of the central tablet is inscribed:
YOU PROUDLY SERVE YOUR COUNTRY,
DOING ALL THAT YOU MUST DO. TO
PROTECT OUR LAND, AND KEEP IT FREE
ITS CAUSES GREAT AND TRUE.
YOU PROUDLY SERVE WITH HONOR
STANDING BRAVE AND TALL. A HERO
ON A MISSION, WHO ANSWERED
FREEDOM'S CALL
FROM A GRATEFUL
THOMPSON COMMUNITY
DEDICATED MAY 1, 2011
SPONSORED BY
THOMPSON MEMORIAL POST 10088 VFW
AND ITS LADIES AUXILIARY
The front of the Afghanistan memorial is inscribed:
ENDURING
FREEDOM
AFGHANISTAN
(Inside an outline map of Afghanistan)
The back of the Afghanistan memorial is inscribed:
NICHOLAS G. ROVERO
DANA A. DEMERS
JAMES W. SARGENT
VINCENT ZITO
MATTHEW E. GYTE
NICOLE A. MACOMBER
DANIEL O. ZOROLA
ISRAEL ZOROLA
SHAWN G. BAUBLITZ
DEDRICK A. BAUBLITZ
GARY J. SUROZENSKI
IAN-RAYMOND E. FAUCHER
ERIC STREICH
RYAN A. MUNSON
ADAM H. RIVERS
EDWARD R. CHARLTON
ROBERT G. GOLDSMITH
LUKE W. HIRTLE
The front of the Iraq memorial is inscribed:
IRAQ
FREEDOM
IRAQ
(Inside an outline map of Iraq)
The back of the Iraq memorial is inscribed:
JAROD M. LEITE
NORMAN L. THERRIEN
BRIAN K. THERRIEN
WILLIAM A. DUQUETTE
DALE M. WARREN
DANIEL A. NEDZWECKAS
ABTHONY J. IACUELE
JAMES R. GOULD
ERIC J. LEPAGE
EARL S. BRUNNETT
PATRICK M. MONAHAN
TIMOTHY P. MONAHAN
JEFFREY LUETH
JAMES P. BLANCHARD
THOMAS F. WITKOWSKI
MATTHEW G. GUAY
JOHN J. KOCHINSKAS