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AMERICAN LEGION POST 75 WAR MEMORIAL CANNON

AMERICAN LEGION POST 75 WAR MEMORIAL CANNON
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Location: SOUTH MARKET STREET AND WEST FRANKLIN STREET

City: DELPHI

State: Indiana

Zip Code: 46923

Type of Memorial: Cannon War Memorials with Plaques

Year Dedicated: 1949

Access: Public

Wars Commemorated: SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR

Photograph By: AL WOLF

Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org

DURING WORLD WAR II EVERYONE WAS ASKED TO CONTRIBUTE METAL TO HELP THE WAR EFFORT. MANY RELIC CANNON WERE GIVEN TO ASSIST THIS EFFORT. THE ORIGINAL CANNON DONATED BY SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR VETERANS WAS DONATED FOR SCRAP METAL. THE CANNON WHICH REPLACED THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR GUN IS A M5 75MM ANTI-TANK GUN. THIS PARTICULAR WEAPON WAS ISSUED TO TANK DESTROYER BATTALIONS DURING WORLD WAR II.


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