Merchant Marine Nautical Flag Pole - Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery - Lemay, MO
Posted by: YoSam.
N 38° 30.018 W 090° 17.119
15S E 736733 N 4264819
In the traffic triangle between Flagstaff Dr., Rostrum Dr., and Graves Dr., are many memorials to unit and veterans, this is one of them.
Waymark Code: WM154JW
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 10/15/2021
Views: 1
County of memorial: St Louis County
Location of memorial: Graves Dr., between Rostrum Dr. & Flagstaff Dr., Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Lemay
Erected by: S.S. Samuel Parker Chapter, American Merchant Marine and Navy Armed Guard Veterans
Dedicated: November 11, 1998
This nautical flag pole is part of a memorial. The World War II memorial to Merchant Marines and their Naval Armed Guards who challenged the Atlantic during the war to supply England, Russia and our own troops.
Memorial Text:
(Top):
[imag of ship] [MM Seal]
DEDICATED TO THE
MEMORY OF
MERCHANT MARINE SEAMEN<br.AND
NAVY ARMED GUARD
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVE IN
WORLD WAR II
IN THE SERVICE OF
THEIR COUNTRY
UNITED STATES
MERCHANT MARINES
WORLD WAR II
LOSSES
SHIPS - 731
MERCHANT SEAMEN - 6700
NAVY ARMED GUARD - 1810