East Coast Memorial, Battery Park, New York
The East Coast Memorial, was designed by Albino Manca.
The inscriptions on the moment are:
1941 **** 1945
ERECTED
BY THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
IN PROUD AND GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE
OF HER
SONS
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN HER SERVICE
AND WHO SLEEP IN THE AMERICAN
COASTAL WATER
OF THE ATLANTIC OCEAN
INTO THY HANDS, OH LORD
1941 *** 1945
IN ADDITION TO THE 4,597 AMERICAN
SERVICEMENT HONORED HERE
WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN HER SERVICE AND
WHO SLEEP
IN THE AMERICAN COASTAL WATERS OF THE ATLANTIC OCEAN
THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA
HONORS THE 6,185 SEAMEN OF THE UNITED STATES MERCHANT MARINE
AND
THE 529 SEAMEN OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY TRANSPORT SERVICE
WHO LOST THEIR
LIVES DURING WORLD WAR II
