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East Coast Memorial U.S.A.
This memorial commemorates 4,609 soldiers, sailors, marines, coast guardsmen, merchant marines and airmen who died in the western waters of the Atlantic Ocean during the Second World War and have no grave but the sea. Their names are written on the granite panels.
The axis of the memorial is oriented on the Statue of Liberty.
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Source
- Text: Fedor de Vries
- Photos: Kaj Metz
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- Museum of Jewish Heritage - New York City
- Leo Baeck Institute - New York City
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- Coast Guard Memorial - New York City
- Norwegian Maritime Memorial - New York City
- Korean War Memorial Battery Park - New York
Cemetery
- Trinity Church and Burial Ground (Trinity Church Cemetery) - New York City
- Commonwealth War Graves Greenwood Cemetery - Brooklyn (New York City)
- American War Graves Green-Wood Cemetery - Brooklyn
Fortification
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