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Meridian's "C" Battery
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By Mike Stroud, September 13, 2012 | |
| | | 1. Meridian's "C" Battery Marker | | |
Inscription. Monday, September 4th, Labor Day, 1950 at 9:30 p.m. 125 local Marine Reserves of Meridian's "C" Battery, 4th 155mm Howitzer Battalion U.S.M.C.R. held their last local muster here at the old Union Station enroute to Camp Pendleton, California and the Korean War.
Labor Day, Monday, September 4, 2000, former members, survivors and friends joined in a 50 year reunion and dedicated this plaque to all that put their lives on hold and answered their nation's call to arms.
Location. 32° 21.826′ N, 88° 41.786′ W. Marker is in Meridian, Mississippi, in Lauderdale County. Marker can be reached from Front Street near 18th Avenue when traveling east. Click for map. Located at Meridian Union Station, trackside. Marker is in this post office area: Meridian MS 39301, United States of America.
Other nearby markers. At least 6 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, as the crow flies. Moe Bandy (about 300 feet away, in a direct line); Meridian (about 300 feet away); Depot Historic District (about 400 feet away); Jimmie Rodgers & The Blues (about 700 feet away); Urban Center Historic District (approx. 0.4 miles away); Gillespie V. "Sonny" Montgomery (approx. 1.6 miles away). |
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By Mike Stroud, September 13, 2012 | |
| | | 2. Meridian's Union Station | | |
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Credits. This page originally submitted on October 6, 2012, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 40 times since then. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on October 6, 2012, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina.
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