American Legion Persian Gulf Memorial - Thompson, CT
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A Persian Gulf / Operation Desert Storm memorial is located in a small park on Riverside Drive, Route 12 in Thompson CT.
Waymark Code: WMFT9B
Location: Connecticut, United States
Date Posted: 11/27/2012
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The American Legion Auxiliary Unit 67 has erected a memorial in a small park on along Route 12 in Thompson, CT. The memorial is composed of three distinctive monuments that are joined together to form the memorial. The central portion is a highly polished black granite slab with a quote from Thomas Paine on the front. It is flanked by two smaller gray granite tablets.
The gray granite tablet on the left front of the monument is inscribed:
THE
PERSIAN GULF
followed by a map showing Iraq, Kuwait, Iran, Saudi Arabia surrounding the Persian Gulf.
The polished black granite section in the middle has the laser etched image of a male soldier, female soldier and male aviator. Below is the inscription:
WE FIGHT NOT TO ENSLAVE
BUR TO SET A COUNTRY FREE,
AND TO MAKE ROOM UPON THE
EARTH FOR HONEST MEN TO LIVE IN
T. PAINE 1739 - 1809
DEDICATED JULY 21, 1991
The gray granite tablet on the right front of the monument is inscribed:
OPERATION
DESERT STORM
followed by crossed American flags.
The back of the the gray granite tablet on the left is inscribed:
SHAWN M. WILBER
DANIEL P. DURAND
ROBERT B. ROMPREY
DARLENE K. DeJESUS
JAMES P. BLANCHARD
ROBERT P. PEPIN JR.
SCOTT C. BIBEAU
JOHN E. LAMB
CHRISTOPHER ROCK
MAGARET M. ROCK
GENE R. HOULE
ADRIAN J. HOLLAND
JOHN A. NOTIS
EDWARD S. JABLONSKI
The back of the polished black granite section is inscribed:
DEDICATED TO THOSE WHO SERVED
IN THE PERSIAN GULF
FROM A GRATEFUL
THOMPSON COMMUNITY
SPONSORED BY THE
AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARY UNIT 67
The back of the gray granite tablet on the right is inscribed:
TODD J. NEDZWECKAS
BRIAN J. SUGALSKI
JEFFREY A. PRESTON
ROBERT A. FARRAR III
ERIC T. SNAY
MICHAEL D. HAIR
CHARLES H. HAIR
BRIAN A. WAGHER
LORI A. BONNEAU
ROBERT J. MEAGHER
JOHN M. JOHNSON
DANIEL E. WHITEHEAD
JEFFREY A. WHITEHEAD
MATTHEW E. GYTE