Indiantown Gap National Cemetery near Annville in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

US Merchant Marines

WWII 1941-1946

— First to Go and Last to Return —

US Merchant Marines Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., July 5, 2024

1. US Merchant Marines Marker

Inscription.

[Title is text]

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Patriots & Patriotism • War, World II • Waterways & Vessels.

Location. 40° 25.253′ N, 76° 33.799′ W. Memorial is near Annville, Pennsylvania, in Lebanon County. It is in Indiantown Gap National Cemetery. It can be reached from Indiantown Gap Road. Monument is along the Memorial Pathway, between Sections 20 and 22A. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 60 Indiantown Gap Road, Annville PA 17003, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in South-Central Pennsylvania, specifically in Pennsylvania Dutch Country,

and in Greater Harrisburg.

It is also in the American Northeast,

in the Mid-Atlantic,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Northern Appalachia. 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

and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

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least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Military Chaplains (here, next to this marker); Red Horse (here, next to this marker); China - Burma - India (a few steps from this marker); Navy SEABEES (a few steps from this marker); U.S. Submarine Veterans (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); Military Musicians Memorial (about 600 feet away); Vietnam War (about 600 feet away); Pennsylvania Veterans' Memorial (approx. 0.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Annville.

Regarding US Merchant Marines. Incorrect terminology: the service was the Merchant Marine; the seamen were merchant mariners.

Also see . . . WWII Merchant Mariners Receive Congressional Gold Medal. U.S. Department of Defense website entry (Submitted on July 6, 2024, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)

US Merchant Marines Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., July 5, 2024

2. US Merchant Marines Memorial

Center monument

Credits. This page was last revised on August 29, 2024. It was originally submitted on July 6, 2024, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 171 times since then and 21 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on July 6, 2024, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.