Coastguard memorial for Battery Park, New York, USA

1955 - Coastguard to dedicate world war II memorial may 30. A memorial honouring the men and women who served their country in the US. coastguard during world war II will be dedicated on may 30 at Battery Park, new york city, the coastguard announced today. the memorial (represented here in an artist's line sketch) is cast in bronze and mounted on a ten-ton base of Maine granite. It represents the humanitarian side of the coastguard's mission. Final arrangements for the forthcoming dedication ceremonies are now going forward, the coastguard said, pointing out that the moment has been made possible by the efforts and financial contributions of thousands of men and women in the service

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