Forest Park
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Sergeant Joseph E. Schaefer Memorial
- Location: Park Lane South, Myrtle Avenue
- Description: Octagonal planter
- Materials: Granite
- Dedicated: May 25, 1987
- Inscription: 1. SGT. JOSEPH E. SCHAEFER / MEDAL OF HONOR /
2. SGT. JOSEPH E. SCHAEFER / COMPANY I 18TH INFANTRY / FIRST INFANTRY DIVISION / UNITED STATES ARMY ['1' in shield] /
3. AWARDED CONGRESSIONAL / MEDAL OF HONOR / IN 1944 /
4. DEFENDED AMERICAN POSITION / AT STOLBERG, GERMANY / 24, SEPTEMBER 1944 /
5. WORLD WAR II - KOREA / 1941-1945 --- 1950-1951 /
6. RESIDENT OF RICHMOND HILL / FOR MORE THAN 40 YEARS /
7. SGT. SCHAEFER'S INDOMITABLE / COURAGE AND HIS DETERMINATION / WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR STOPPING / AN ENEMY BREAKTHROUGH / PRESIDENT TRUMAN /
8. LAST. OTHER DECORATIONS / TWO SILVER STARS, BRONZE STAR / THREE PURPLE HEARTS / THE LEGION OF MERIT / FRENCH CROIX DE GUERRE /
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Forest Park Administrator: (718) 235-0815
Forest Park Golf Course: (718) 296-0999