War Memorial - Endicott, NY
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N 42° 05.887 W 076° 02.992
18T E 413185 N 4661203
A multi-war memorial in a small park area in the center of Endicott near village buildings.
Waymark Code: WMN6VM
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 01/06/2015
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This memorial joins another to World War I workers from Endicott-Johnson Company.
Indian black granite; Base: Vermont gray granite. Artist is Gary Carson.
The photos on the memorial include actual photos of men killed in the wars each rectangle represents.
Type of Memorial: Multi-War Memorial
Wars mentioned (Multi-war only):
World War II, Korea, Vietnam
In Honor Of: The text lists battles see below
Marker Text:
"(On left marker:) WORLD WAR II/1941 1945/PEARL HARBOR BATAAN MIDWAY CORAL SEA GUADACANAL TARAWA NORTH AFRICA/SICILY ANZIO ITALY NORMANDY NORTHERN FRANCE HUERTGEN FOREST/ARDIENNES BASTOGNE REMAGEN STUTTGART PLOIESTI SCHWEINFURT/SAIPAN NEW GUINEA LEYTE GULF IWO JIMA OKINAWA TOKYO BAY (On middle marker:) KOREAN WAR/1950 1953/PUSAN INCHON PYONGYANG CHOSIN RESERVOIR YALU RIVER/MIG ALLEY BUNKER HILL HEARTBREAK RIDGE PORKCHOP HILL PANMUNJOM (On right marker:) VIETNAM WAR/1963 1973/MEKONG DELTA LADRANG VALLEY CENTRAL HIGHLANDS DA NANG/TET OFFENSIVE KHE SANH HUE HAMBURGER HILL IRON TRIANGLE/QUANG TRI QUANG NAM LAM SON AN LOC A SHAU VALLEY"
Date of dedication: 10/2/1993
Who Put it Here?: "funded through private donations, cost $35,000. "
Description of Memorial:
The memorial is in a small park with other monuments. It is in the center of the village by the high school. We first noticed this area when we found a cache here many years ago (like many spots around the area).
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