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Photograph at the East Memorial

During World Wars I and II, New York City and the Port of New York comprised the nation’s largest center of Coast Guard operations. Port Security specialists guarded the arrival and departure of millions of troops and thousands of tons of war material...

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  • Historic England, National Heritage List for England, used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. War memorial records are drawn from open community datasets (OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, NHLE) — never from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, which is excluded.

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