Korean War Memorial - Chicopee, MA
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N 42° 08.869 W 072° 35.614
18T E 698839 N 4668991
The Chicopee Korean War Memorial is located on the northwest corner of Memorial Green at Front Street and Bonneville Avenue.
Waymark Code: WMGMBF
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 03/19/2013
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The Chicopee Korean War Memorial is a 5' high irregular pentagon of polished black granite set on along its long edge on 1' high rectangular granite slab which is supported by a 2.5' rough cut granite base, polished and inscribed on one side.
The front of the black granite pentagon has a laser etch image of soldiers travelling over hilly terrain adjacent to a shoreline. A battleship is shown in the water while a helicopter and four airplanes are flying overhead.
Below the image is the inscription:
"THE CHICOPEE VETERANS ORGANIZATIONS ERECT THIS MONUMENT TO HONOR ALL
WHO SERVED IN THE UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES DURING THE KOREAN WAR.
JUNE 1950 JULY 1953
ESPECIALLY REMEMBERED ARE THESE 13 MEN WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE
IN GIVING THEIR LIVES FOR THE PRINCIPLES AND FREEDOMS WE ENJOY."
PVT WALTER E. KURTZ USA BW 1/C - ROGER PELLAND USN - LT. GEORGE A. LAVOIE USAF - PFC JOSEPH A. LAMBERT USA
CPL HARVEY E. CARPENTER USA - 2ND LT. THOMAS A. JANELLE USMC - PVT ARMAND PATENAUDE USA
M/SGT FRANCESZEK J. KULIK USA - BM 2/C RICHARD J. PROVOST USN -
1ST LT. GEORGE M. LUKAKIS USAF - PFC NORMAND LEO LAPLANTE USA
CAPT KENNETH W. DESCHENEAUX USA - CPL GEORGE H. LORMIER JR. USA
KOREAN WAR MEMORIAL
The rough cut base is inscribed in three columns:
AT 0400 25 JUNE 1950 THE NORTH KOREAN ARMY INVADED ACROSS THE 38TH
PARALLEL INTO SOUTH KOREA. THE UNITED STATES ARMY FORCES PARTICIPATED
IN THE FORGOTTEN WAR AS A PART OF THE U.N. FORCES TO EXPEL THE ENEMY
FROM SOUTH KOREA. ON 27 JULY 1953 A CEASE-FIRE WAS SIGNED.
MAJOR BATTLES
YALU RIVER • CHOSIN RESERVOIR
SUKCHON • KOTO-RI • HAGARU-RI
PYONG YANG • HEARTBREAK RIDGE
PORK CHOP HILL • BLOODY RIDGE
HILL 481 • PUNCHBOWL • INJE VALLEY
--- 38TH PARALLEL -- DMZ ---
SEOUL • KAESONG • CHUNCHON
INCHON LANDING • PANMUNJOM
KUMCHONG • NAKTONG BULGE
TAEJON • PUSAN PERIMETER
ALONG WITH OUR THIRTEEN
FALLEN HEROES FROM THIS
CITY, THE UNITED STATES
TOTAL TROOPS WHO SERVED
WERE 5,764,143
*54,246 DIED*
*103,284 WOUNDED*
*7,140 CAPTURED*
*8,177 MISSING IN ACTION*
THE CITY OF CHICOPEE
HAS NOT FORGOTTEN!!
DEDICATED 30 JUNE 1996
The back of the memorial has the seal of the City of Chicopee in the upper corner and the inscription:
JOSEPH J. CHESSEY JR.
MAYOR
CHICOPEE VETERANS' MEMORIAL AND PATRIOTIC COMMITTEE
{Insignias for the following six organizations}
PRESENTED ON JULY 25, 1993 BY:
AMERICAN LEGION POSTS
CHARLES C. KENNEDY 275
ALDENVILLE 337
WILLIMANSETT 353
FAIRVIEW 438
CHICOPEE CENTER 452
VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS
WILLIAM F. DAVITT POST 625
AMVET POST 12
WORLD WAR I BARRACKS 354
DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS
WESTOVER CHAPTER 11 - CHICOPEE CHAPTER 19
POLISH LEGION OF AMERICAN VETERANS
POST 193
POLISH AMERICAN VETERANS
ANDREW BALUT POST
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