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Margate City World War II Memorial

 
 
Margate City World War II Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Michael Herrick, September 21, 2017
1. Margate City World War II Memorial
Inscription.
In Memory Of
Our Beloved Son
Lt. Arthur D. Wilson, Jr.
Pilot A.A.F.
And His Boyhood Friends And
Comrades In Arms Of This City
Who Made The Supreme Sacrifice
In World War II

Howard T. Shepherd · Francis P. Boyle · Francis X. Crowe · T. Vincent Devereaux · Rudolph J. Farley · James F. Martin · Howard C. Carr · John M. O’Neill · Peter Mikonis · Samuel T. Parker · Joel W. Rich · P. Mortimer Lewis, 3rd · Marvin S. Simms · Samuel D. Strain

Peacefully They Rest In Glory Everlasting

 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World II.
 
Location. 39° 19.607′ N, 74° 30.305′ W. Memorial is in Margate City, New Jersey, in Atlantic County. It is on Ventnor Avenue near S. Mansfield Avenue, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Margate City NJ 08402, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is on New Jersey’s Jersey Shore. It is also in the American Northeast and in the Mid-Atlantic. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere,
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the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Netherland and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Persian Gulf War Memorial (here, next to this marker); World War II Memorial (here, next to this marker); Margate City World War I Monument (here, next to this marker); Vietnam War Memorial (here, next to this marker); a different marker also named Vietnam War Memorial (here, next to this marker); Korean War Memorial (a few steps from this marker); Margate City Post 397 Veterans Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Capenter Walkway (approx. half a mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Margate City.
 
Margate City World War II Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Michael Herrick, September 21, 2017
2. Margate City World War II Memorial
Margate City World War I & II Monuments image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Michael Herrick, September 21, 2017
3. Margate City World War I & II Monuments
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on July 26, 2020. It was originally submitted on September 30, 2017, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut. This page has been viewed 467 times since then and 24 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on September 30, 2017, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut.
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