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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 SUPP ...

SEE ALSO-65TH INFANTRY REGIMENT "THE BORINQUENEERS" WAR MEMORIAL

SEE ALSO-65TH INFANTRY REGIMENT "THE BORINQUENEERS" WAR MEMORIAL TABLET

SEE ALSO-AMERICAN DOUGBOY "OVER THE TOP" TO VICTORY WAR MEMORIAL

SEE ALSO-AMERICAN DOUGHBOY "OVER THE TOP" TO VICTORY WAR MEMORIAL

SEE ALSO-AMERICAN DOUGHBOY "OVER THE TOP" TO VICTORY WAR MEMORIAL

THIS STATUE IS KNOWN AS "THE SPIRIT OF THE AMERICAN DOUGHBOY," DESIGNED TO HONOR THE VETERANS AND CASUALTIES OF WORLD WAR I. MASS PRODUCED DURING THE 1920'S AND 1930'S FOR COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES. ITS TITLE IS OFTEN SHORTENED TO "THE DOUG ...

SEE ALSO-USS THE SULLIVANS DD-537 MEMORIAL SHIP

VIEW OF THE SHIPS WORLD WAR II AND KOREAN WAR SERVICE RIBBONS PAINTED ON THE BULKHEAD BELOW THE SHIPS NAVIGATION BRIDGE. SEE ALSO-THE USS THE SULLIVANS DD-537 MEMORIAL SHIP PLAQUE

IN COMMEMORATION OF 202ND REGIMENT NEW YORK VOLUNTEER INFANTRY RECRUITED IN BUFFALO AND VICINITY FOR SERVICE IN THE WAR WITH SPAIN