Montford Point Marines

The First Black Marines

"The footprints of the Montford Point Marines were left on the beaches of Roi-Namur, Saipan, Guam, Peleliu, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa. The tides and winds have, long ago, washed them out into the seas of history; but, ...

American Merchant Marine Veterans Memorial Wall of Honor

American Merchant Marine Veterans

Veterans Memorial

Wall of Honor

Dedication: National Maritime Day, May 22, 2003

[List of state and local government officials]

Gene Frank Construction, Builder

Randall B. Montgomery, Engraver

Jerry Sturm, JSA, Design Architect

American Merchant Marine ...

American Merchant Marine Veterans Memorial

Panel 1:

American Merchant Marine

Veterans Memorial

The United States Merchant Marine has

faithfully served our country in times of war

and peace, hauling life and cargo to

every corner of the world.

This memorial is dedicated to those ...

Marine Barracks, Washington, D.C.

"Oldest Post of the Corps"

Site selected by President Thomas Jefferson and Lieutenant Colonel Commandant William Ward Burrows on 31 March 1801.

A National Capital Landmark and entered in the National Register of Historic Places.

United States Marine Corps

Marker ...

Marine Railway - Experimental Model Basin

Marine Railway

In 1822 Commodore John Rogers designed and built the first marine railway in the United States. The purpose of the railway was to haul ships out of the water for repair or preservation of their hull. Before this time, ...

U.S. Submarine Veterans W.W. II

National Memorial West

U.S. Submarine Veterans W.W. II

National Memorial West

Marker is on Seal Beach Boulevard, on the right when traveling north.

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American Merchant Marine

This tablet dedicated

to the memory of the men of the

American Merchant Marine

who gave their lives in the World War that liberty should perpetually endure.

“These men rendered one of the greatest services that could have been done for our nation and ...

Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines of the Spanish American War

1898 - 1902

Erected by

R.E Craighill Camp No. 11

Dept. of Virginia

United Spanish- war Veterans

Marker can be reached from the intersection of Church Street and 9th Street, on the right when traveling east.

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