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Atglen in Chester County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
 

World War II

 
 
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Photographed by Carl Gordon Moore Jr., November 11, 2020
1. World War II Marker
Inscription.
Erected in grateful recognition of the men and
women of Atglen

* Omer A. Miller

Wilmer Gibson • Harold I. Wentz • Charles P. Searl • John Martin • Warren H. Michael • William A. Mullen • John R. Turner • Russel S. Hart • John Dickenson • Vernon W. Radcliff • Clarence M. Cain, Jr. • Dorothy Huss • Harold K. Hess • Clyde H. Bailey • William D. London • Clarence H. Nixon • Arthur T. Powers • Harold G. Hogg • Eugene C. Collins • Leslie E. Halloway • Elizabeth E. Radcliffe • Joseph J. Douglas • Robert W. Jebb • Mary E. Lacy • Charles R. Miller • Norman W. Miller, Jr. • Gilbert L. Douglas • Joseph N. Huss • Benjamin Lepore • Warren H. Miller • Thomas R. Chalfant, Jr. • John V. Dyer • Austin March • Lewis J. Lepore • Raymond C. Miller • William H. Winters • Roy W. Lilley • Ralph S. Miller • Joseph C. Taylor • Theodore P. Rice • Harold A. Dickenson • J. Paul Denson • Ira G. Miller Jr. • Theodore R. Mason • Edward E. Siewall • Clifford Linton • John S. Herr • John W. Rea • R. Carl Rever • Edward G. Siewall • Walter G. Johnson • James S. Eckman • Harry P. Jackson • Willard D. Hogg • Vernon L. Shetler • Howard S. Nixon, Jr. • Norman K. Girvin • James H. Mosby • Vernon E. Haubert • Vaughn G. Newswanger • Annabelle M. Winward • Norman P. Coates • Gilbert O. Miller • Elgie Q. Hetrick • Haines
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G. Newswanger • Charles M. Conover • Ivan Hardy • Silas B. Pickel • H. E. Winward, Jr. • Albert L. Kauffman • Harry C. Conover • Everett B. Miller • Walter S. Pierce • John K. Mullen • Theodore W. Schell • Warren H. Parker
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World II.
 
Location. 39° 56.88′ N, 75° 58.357′ W. Memorial is in Atglen, Pennsylvania, in Chester County. It is at the intersection of Main Street (Pennsylvania Route 372) and E. Main Street, on the right when traveling north on Main Street. Main Street (PA 372) takes a dogleg left at this monument; straight ahead becomes E. Main Street. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Atglen PA 19310, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Southeast Pennsylvania and in Greater Philadelphia. It is also in the American Northeast and in the Mid-Atlantic. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, New Netherland, and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Atglen Borough Hall (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); Atglen (about 700 feet away); East Octoraro #1 Bridge (1910-2020) (approx. one mile away); Philadelphia & Columbia Railroad Bridge at Pine Creek, Circa 1830 (approx. 1.2 miles away); Mercer’s Mill Covered Bridge (1880) (approx. 1.2 miles away); Christiana Riot Monument (approx. 1.3 miles away); The Christiana Riot (approx. 2.2 miles away); 1917-1918 (approx. 3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Atglen.
 
World War II Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Carl Gordon Moore Jr., November 11, 2020
2. World War II Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on February 6, 2022. It was originally submitted on November 12, 2020, by Carl Gordon Moore Jr. of North East, Maryland. This page has been viewed 674 times since then and 33 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on November 12, 2020, by Carl Gordon Moore Jr. of North East, Maryland. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
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