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    Camp Merritt Memorial Monument

    CRESSKILL, NEW JERSEY, UNITED STATES

    05.06.2021

    Photo by Mark Olsen  

    New Jersey National Guard   

    Relief of a World War I doughboy sculpted by Robert I. Aitken on the north side of the Camp Merritt Memorial Monument at Cresskill, N.J., May 6, 2021. The 66-foot tall obelisk, which marked the Camp’s center, is dedicated to the Soldiers who embarked through the Camp to fight in Europe during World War I. Inscribed on the Monument’s east and west sides are the names of the 573 Soldiers, four nurses and one civilian who died at the camp due to the 1918 influenza epidemic. Directly in front of the relief is a dimensional stone carving map of Camp Merritt. The Monument was dedicated on May 30, 1924. Gen. John J. Pershing, Commander of the American Expeditionary Forces during World War I, gave the dedication address. (New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans Affairs photo by Mark C. Olsen)

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    Date Taken: 05.06.2021
    Date Posted: 05.12.2021 12:03
    Photo ID: 6641247
    VIRIN: 210506-Z-AL508-5012
    Resolution: 5358x3572
    Size: 5.5 MB
    Location: CRESSKILL, NEW JERSEY, US

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