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Post by dimasalang on Feb 28, 2010 14:15:43 GMT -5
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Post by dimasalang on Feb 28, 2010 14:22:56 GMT -5
I believe Fort Rosecrans is the only cemetery that contains memorial markers dedicated to ships and squadrons that were lost during WWII in the Pacific Theater. Pics are linked to larger photos. USS Gambier Bay and Composite Squadron VC-10 Memorial Marker Oct 1944 - Sunk at Battle off Samar "Taffy 3" Memorial Marker USS Dennis USS Heermann USS White Plains USS Kalinin Bay USS Fanshaw Bay USS Kitkun Bay Composite Squadrons - VC-3, VC-4, VC-5, VC-66, VC-68, VC-91 and VOC-2 Oct 1944 - All sunk at the Battle off Samar USS Johnston USS Hoel USS Samuel B Roberts Oct 1944 - Sunk at Battle off Samar Pulling in to the driveway of the cemeterys front office you are greeted by these 3 memorial markers USS Ommaney Bay Composite Squadron VC-75 Jan 1945 - Sunk in Sulu Sea USS Wasp Air Group Seven Squadrons - VF-71, VS-71, VS-72, VT-7 Sept 1942 - Sunk at the Battle of Guadalcanal USS St. Lo(aka USS Midway) Composite Squadron VC-65 Oct 1944 - Sunk at Battle of Leyte Gulf
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Post by dimasalang on Feb 28, 2010 14:56:18 GMT -5
Graves also worth a special mention and visiting. Markers dedicated to all that could not be recovered or lost at sea. Maj Henry Schroeder In Time Magazine he is noted as being a private of Teddys Rough Riders during the Span-Am War and the bugler that sounded the call to charge San Juan Hill. Awarded Medal of Honor during the Philippine American War at the Battle of Carig. Grave of Mason Carter Fought in the American Civil War and the Indian Wars. Medal of Honor for actions at the Battle of Bear Paw. Recent grave of Michael Monsoor Killed in Iraq Sept 29, 2006 He was a Navy Seal who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor. A insurgent threw a gernade in the overwatch tower he was in. Rather then protecting himself by running out the room, he dove on the gernade and saved his fellow teammates. www.navyseals.com/michael-monsoor
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