Rear Adm. Thomas G. Allan (left), Commander, First Coast Guard District, Capt. Zeita Merchant, Commander, Coast Guard Sector New York and Captain of the Port of NY/NJ, Mr. James Hendon, Commissioner, NYC Department of Veteran’s Services, and Adm. Karl L. Schultz, Commandant, U.S Coast Guard, pose in front of the newly rededicated Coast Guard Memorial at The Battery, Manhattan, New York, October 4th, 2021. The sculpture, which honors Coast Guard members who served during World War II, depicts two Coast Guardsmen wearing combat uniforms with rifles slung, supporting a wounded African American service member and is believed to be first U.S. War Memorial depicting an interracial group of equal standing.