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Midland Beach War Memorial

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  • Description: Tripartite upright slab with incribed eagle atop pedestal
  • Materials: Barre granite
  • Dimensions: Centerpiece H: 7'6" W: 4' D: 1'; each wing H: 2'5" x w 3' x d 10"; pedestal L: 12'6" W: 1'6" D: 3'; sculpture weight: 8,200 pounds; base weight: 3,300 pounds
  • Cast: ca. 1992
  • Dedicated: November 7, 1992
  • Fabricator: Anderson-Friberg Company, P.O. Box 626, Barre, VT 05641
  • Inscription: Central inscription: MIDLAND BEACH VETERANS MEMORIAL / DEDICATED TO THOSE WHO / SERVED AND DIED / WORLD WAR I / CHARLES C. KRIDER / WORLD WAR II / JOSEPH ALOI / JOHN J. KOHM / JAMES J. MOLLOY / ANDREW T. OTT / CHARLES E. STEINIGER /

    Left inscription: KOREA / JOHN J. CRAIG / PAUL E. PAKIDES, JR /

    Right inscription: VIETNAM / LOUIS W. BELLACH, JR. / CHRISTOPHER W. MEAGHER / RAYMOND RODRIGUEZ / JOHN R. TAMBURRI, JR. /

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