National War Memorial Registry, War Memorial Catalog Of United States

THIS MEMORIAL HONORS LEGISLATOR AND JUDGE HAROLD W. COHN. AT AGE 31, COHN SAW ACTIVE DUTY DURING WORLD WAR II THROUGHOUT EUROPE. HE HELPED PUSH BACK THE NAZI COUNTER-OFFENSIVE AT THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE AS A MEMBER OF THE FIGHTING 69TH DIVISION. AFTER THE WAR HE BECAME AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE WILLIAMSBURG AND GREENPOINT COMMUNITIES, SERVING AS A NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLYMAN, CHAIRMAN OF THE MOTOR VEHICLES COMMITTEE, AND A NEW YORK CIVIL COURT JUDGE.