US Merchant Marine Memorial - Galveston, TX
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ggmorton
N 29° 18.606 W 094° 47.540
15R E 325934 N 3243675
A memorial to the US Merchant Marines lost during WWII in Galveston, TX.
Waymark Code: WM135NC
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 09/21/2020
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United States Merchant Marine
U.S. Navy Armed Guard
U.S Army Transport
A grateful nation remembers those who sailed the ships and manned the guns of the American Merchant Marine during that long and fateful "Battle of the Atlantic" and throughout World War II upon the oceans, seas, and waterways of the world in support of our Armed Forces and Allies. (1941-1945)
Merchant Marine WW II Casualties
U.S. 7980 men, 733 ships, U.K. 30,132 men, 2177 ships
Allied nations 47,000 men and those known only to God
Dedicated June 6, 1994, on the 50th Anniversary of the "Normandy Landings" pf WWII when the greatest armada of ships ever assembled sailed from England to the shores of Europe in freedom's cause.
Council of American Master Marines - American Merchant Marine Veterans
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Date dedicated: 06/06/1994
Sponsor(s): Council of American Master Marines - American Merchant Marine Veterans
Relevent website: Not listed
Entrance fees (if any): Not listed
Parking coordinates: Not Listed
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