New York 2019 - East Coast Memorial

Situated in Battery Park on the tip of Manhattan is the World War II East Coast Memorial. The memorial commemorates the soldiers, sailors, marines, coast guardsmen, merchant mariners and airmen who were lost in the western waters of the Atlantic Ocean during World War II.

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 East Coast Memorial

Four granite pylons record the names the 4,611 service personnel lost in the Western Atlantic.

New York 2019
 East Coast Memorial

The monument overlooks New York Harbour, it's axis orientated on the Statue of Liberty.

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 East Coast Memorial looking towards Statue of Liberty

 

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EAST COAST MEMORIAL