Korean War Memorial - Webster, MA
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N 42° 02.987 W 071° 52.802
19T E 261658 N 4659317
The Korean War memorial is located at the head of the Court of Honor outside the Town Hall in Webster, MA
Waymark Code: WMFTD7
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 11/28/2012
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Outside the Webster Town Hall is a Court of Honor with several monuments honoring veterans of American wars. At the head of the court, opposite the entrance, there is a large monument to those who fought and died in America's "forgotten war".
An approximately 4' high by 8' long granite rectangular block rest on top of smaller 1' high by 7' long rectangular block of granite. The larger block is inscribed with the UN Symbol on the left and a map of Korea on the right. In between is the inscription:
1950 KOREA 1953
"ANY AMERICAN WHO FOUGHT AND DIED SHOULD HAVE A BETTER FATE THAN TO BE FORGOTTEN"
CHARLES E. McCARREN S/SGT USMC
IN MEMORIAM
PFC. EDWARD M. URBANOWSKI
LT. JG MARGARET GRACE KENNEDY
1ST LT. ROGER F. MEAGHER
CORP. IRVING TOURTELLOTTE
SGT. RAOUL BLANCHETTE
DEDICATED TO THE MEN AND WOMEN OF WEBSTER WHO SERVED
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