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Greenpoint World War II Memorial
Location: | Union and Metropolitan Avenues |
Description: | Stele with tablet |
Materials: | Red granite (polished), bronze |
Dimensions: | Stele H: 5'8" W: 44 1/4"; Tablet H: 23 1/4" W: 30 1/4" |
Donor: | American Legion |
Inscription
Stele:THAT WE BE FREE /
Tablet:
1941 1945 / THIS TABLET IS DEDICATED TO THE MEN OF THIS/ COMMUNITY WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE IN WORLD WAR II /
SSGT. ADAMS, V.J. --- PFC. D'AMATO, L.C. --- SGT. GWIAZDOWSKI, M. --- PVT. PROTO, L. / PFC. ARETINO, D.C. --- SGT. DEODATI, K. --- PFC. KAZAKEVICJ, V.L. --- PVT. RUBINETTI, J. / PVT. BIANCO, A.J. --- CPL. DESIO, J.S. --- LT. KORBELAK, S. --- PFC. RUBINETTI, J. / SFC BIELINSKI, J. --- PVT. DOMANICO, T.J. --- PFC. LA ROCCA, P.F. --- TCPL. RUSSO, J.A. / SSGT. BILASZ, S. --- PVT. FALCO, R. --- SGT. LA TORRE, G.M. --- PFC. SACCONE, A. /
PFC. BOSCO, F.C. --- CPL. FALTER, F.F. --- SGT. LAWOR, G. --- PVT. SANTA MARIA, C. / PVT. BUONAGURO, J.A. --- PFC. FARANDA, F.F. --- PVT. LEONARD, E.A. --- PVT. SCHETTINO, V. / PFC. BUSRUS, A. --- 1ST LT. FEDERICO, D.J. --- PFC. LIGUORI, D.A. --- PVT. SCHMIEDER, A.J. / PVT. CALIENDO, P. --- PFC. FERONE, J.P. --- SFC. LOMBARDI, V.J. --- PFC. SCUDIERE, V. / PFC. CANDELA, S. --- CPL. FILL, J. --- PFC. LOMUTO, F.S. --- PFC. SEVERINO, C. / PFC. CARBONE, R. --- PVT. FORGIONE, V. --- PVT. MADDALONI, L. --- CPL. SIJEWIC, A. / CMOM. CHESTARO, T.W. --- PFC. FORLANO, L.A. --- PVT. MASCIA, V.J. --- SSGT. TAFURI, G. / TSGT. CHIAFARI, F.J. --- PVT. FRANZESE, S. --- PVT. MAZZA, N. --- CPL. THOMAS, A.J. / SSGT. CHIPICHETTA, J.A. --- COX. FURINO, L.A. --- CPL. MONTEFORTE, F.J. --- PFC. TITANO, S.C. / PFC. CIA, J. --- PVT. GAGAS, C.J. --- PFC. MURAWSKI, M. --- PVT. UVINO, A. P. / PFC. CIANTRO, JR., P. --- PL.SGT, GATTO, J.D. --- CPL. PACIA, M.A. --- PFC. VELOTTA, F.P. / CPL. CIFALDI, J. --- LT.FR. GIORGIO, E.J. --- PFC. PALLADINO, F.D. --- SSGT. VINTIS, C.V. / SGT. CIMINO, V.J. --- PVT. GRASSANO, N. --- PVT. PECORA, F.D. --- PFC. VITACCO, S. / PFC. CORTWRIGHT, W.H. --- PVT. GUIDICE, A.M. --- PFC. PIZZONIA, A. --- SFC. YODICE, G. I. / PVT. GUIDICE, J.V. --- PFC. POPPOPA, J. / ERECTED BY THE TWENTY-SEVEN MEMORIAL POST NO. 1751, AMERICAN LEGION /
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