AMERICAN LEGION POST 75 WAR MEMORIAL CANNON PLAQUE
DURING WORLD WAR II EVERYONE WAS ASKED TO CONTRIBUTE METAL TO HELP THE WAR EFFORT. MANY RELIC CANNON WERE GIVEN TO ASSIST THIS EFFORT. THE ORIGINAL CANNON DONATED BY SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR VETERANS WAS DONATED FOR SCRAP METAL. THE CANNON WHICH REPLACED THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR GUN IS A M5 75MM ANTI-TANK GUN. THIS PARTICULAR WEAPON WAS ISSUED TO TANK DESTROYER BATTALIONS DURING WORLD WAR II.
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Listing Details
- Public
- SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR
- Cannon War Memorials with Plaques
- 1949
- SOUTH MARKET STREET AND WEST FRANKLIN STREET
- 46923
- AL WOLF
- COURTESY OF HMdb.org
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