Salcombe Church US Memorial Plaque
Details:
Mounted on the wall on the left-hand side of the nave.
A rectangular slate plaque inscribed in English in white lettering. Above this plaque is the flag of the US and four other plaques below. This commemorates the American servicemen who gave their lives while during World War II.
Monument Text:
IN MEMORY OF THOSE SERVICEMEN
OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
FOR WHOM THIS PLACE WAS FOR A TIME HOME
AND WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR FREEDOM
1943 - 1945
THIS FLAG WAS PRESENTED BY
CAPTAIN D. JAMES KNORR USN ON BEHALF OF
THE UNITED STATES AMBASSADOR
AND DEDICATED BY
CHAPLAIN LIEUTENANT MARK FARRIS USN
21 ST. JULY 1990.