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USS MINNEAPOLIS (CA36) WAR MEMORIAL PLAQUE

USS MINNEAPOLIS (CA36) WAR MEMORIAL PLAQUE
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Location: CONVENTION CENTER PLAZA-2ND AVENUE

City: MINNEAPOLIS

State: Minnesota

Zip Code: 55403

Type of Memorial: War Memorial Markers (Groups)

Access: Public

Wars Commemorated: WORLD WAR II

Photograph By: WILLIAM FISCHER, JR.

Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org

USS MINNEAPOLIS OPERATED ALMOST CONTINUOUSLY AS KEY UNIT OF THE US NAVY PACIFIC FLEET. SHE FOUGHT IN AT LEAST 25 MAJOR ENGAGEMENTS, FOR WHICH SHE EARNED 17 BATTLE STARS; INCLUDING SUCH SIGNIFICANT BATTLES AS CORAL SEA, MIDWAY, GUADALCANAL, TASSAFARONGA, WAKE, KWAJALEIN, THE MARSHALLS, HOLLANDIA, THE MARIANAS, LEYTE GULF, THE PHILLIPINES (SIC) INVASION, AND OKINAWA. HER BELL WAS PRESENTED TO THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS BY THE US NAVY IN 1960.


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