National War Memorial Registry, War Memorial Catalog Of United States

IMAGE IS OF A FANCIFUL RENDERING OF A WORLD WAR II LIBERTY SHIP OUR CONVOY SHIPS WERE REFERRED TO AS THE "RUST BUCKET BRIGADE" BECAUSE THEY WERE NEVER IN PORT LONG ENOUGH TO GET A COAT OF PAINT BEFORE WE WENT OUT TO SEA AGAIN. WE DELIVERED ARMS AND SUPPLIES TO OUR FIGHTING SOLDIERS, SPEEDING TO VICTORY OVER THE GERMAN ENEMY, SPEEDING THE VICTORY OVER THE COMMON ENEMIES IN WORLD WAR II 1941-1945. THIS LONG OVERDUE MONUMENT HONORS ALL THE SEAMEN OF THE WESTERN N.Y. MERCHANT MARINE DURING THOSE MOST DESPERATE DAYS. LOWER TABLET-IN PEACE AND WAR-1775 DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF MERCHANT MARINE SEAMEN WHO IN WORLD WAR II GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE CAUSE OF THEIR COUNTRY