American Merchant Marine Veterans Memorial

	AMERICAN MERCHANT MARINE VETERANS MEMORIAL
	THE UNITED STATES MERCHANT MARINE HAS FAITHFULLY SERVED OUR COUNTRY IN TIMES OF WAR AND PEACE, HAULING LIFE AND CARGO TO EVERY CORNER OF THE WORLD. THIS MEMORIAL IS DEDICATED TO THOSE BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN OF ALL RACES, CREEDS AND COLORS WHO ANSWERED THAT CALL TO SERVE.
	DEDICATED NATIONAL MARITIME DAY MAY 22, 1989

	1926         JASPER D'AMBROSI         1986
	THE SCULPTOR, JASPER D'AMBROSI WAS BORN AND RAISED IN WILMINGTON, CALIFORNIA. HIS CREATION OF THE ORIGINAL DESIGN WAS FINISHED AND ACCEPTED IN EARLY 1986. HOWEVER D'AMBROSI DIED AUGUST 1 OF THE SAME YEAR BEFORE STARTING THE FINAL CLAY MODEL. THE ENLARGEMENT WAS DONE BY HIS SONS MARC AND MICHEAL AS A TRIBUTE TO THEIR FATHER. THE 'JACOBS LADDER' WAS CAST AT THE FAMILY FOUNDRY, ARIZONA BRONZE, TEMPE, ARIZONA IN 1987.

THE COMMITTEE OFFERS IT SINCEREST THANKS TO CAPTAIN ARTHUR R. MOORE FOR ALLOWING US TO USE HIS BOOK "A CARELESS WORD.... A NEEDLESS SINKING" AS A REFERENCE AND GUIDE FOR THIS MEMORIAL WALL, AND HIS INVALUABLE ASSISTANCE IN EDITING OUR LISTS, AS WELL AS FOR THE MANY YEARS OF DIFFICULT RESEARCH HE SPENT COMPILING THESE RECORDS.

THE NAMES ON THE MEMORIAL WALLS ARE THE RESULTS OF SEVERAL SOURCES OF INFORMATION, BUT PROBABLY NOT COMPLETE, AS WE ARE MADE AWARE OF ADDITIONAL NAMES, WE WILL ADD THOSE NAMES TO THE WALLS IN A SEPARATE SECTION ON THESE WALLS OF HONOR, WE ARE ALSO AWARE THAT THERE ARE MANY UNIDENTIFIED AND UNKNOWN MERCHANT MARINERS WHO WERE LOST IN SERVICE TO THEIR COUNTRY ABOARD MERCHANT SHIPS WHO WILL NEVER BE IDENTIFIED. THIS MEMORIAL HONORS THE MEMORY OF THESE UNKNOWN HEROES.

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