In my blog post yesterday (November 8, 2017, I contributed to the 2017 call for additions to the Honor Roll project of Heather Rojo. My contribution for Veterans Day 2017 continued the process of transcribing the hundreds of men and women from the Wallingford, Connecticut area who served their country during World War II (my father being among them).
As the above photograph of the WWII memorial on the grounds of the Wallingford Town Hall illustrates, there are seven panels each with triple columns of the names of those who served. My 2016 Veterans Day post covered many, but not all, of the names listed on the first panel. The surnames are in alphabetical order across the entire seven panels and the first panel contains all the surnames beginning with A through B and some of those beginning with C.
My post of November 10th, 2016 transcribed and listed all the names on the first panel from George C. Abbott, Jr. to Joseph E. Buza -- 244 names all together. My Memorial Day 2017 post listed all the surnames on the Wallingford WWII memorial that begin with C through E -- 298 names in all. My Veterans Day post of November 8, 2017 transcribed an additional 317 surnames covering those beginning with F through I. In keeping with my intent to also post close-ups of the panels containing names I have transcribed and listed, this is the post of panel close-ups to provide photographs of all the surnames that begin with F through I. This is the process that will be followed for the remaining panels over time in order to keep the transciption posts to a manageable size. The transcribed names will be posted first and photographs of the panel close-ups covering the posted names will follow shortly thereafter.
I am very indebted to my cousin, Bruce Marquardt of Wallingford, for so willingly photographing the panels in close-up for me after my efforts to do so failed. Thank you Bruce!
The following nine panel close-ups cover the names on the Wallingford WWII memorial from Bernard Factor through Peter P. Ives, Jr. Please note that in order to be sure all names were photographed, the photos overlap and some names are therefore shown twice and can thus be used to orient the precise order of the names from Factor to Ives. The alphabetical order flows down the first column and then up to the top of the second column and finally up to the top of third column on each of the panels. The surnames starting with F begin in the third column of the first close-up Photo No. 1 below. The surnames starting with I end in the third column of close-up Photo No. 9 where surnames beginning with J also begin.
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All close-up photographs of the panels of the WWII memorial are by Bruce Marquardt of Wallingford, Connecticut.
Photo of the entire memorial is by the author.
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Copyright 2017, John D. Tew
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