Photo by Ingrid Taylar
This Sunday from 12noon until 1:30pm, the USS San Francisco Memorial Foundation will host a special ceremony in honor of Memorial Day.
The USS San Francisco Memorial Park is located at Lands End, in the parking lot below Fort Miley (map).
The monument is located in the parking lot and is “dedicated to the 100 Sailors and 7 Marines killed in action during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal 12/13 November 1942, and to all the men who served, fought and perished during the 17 major battles in which this heavy cruiser participated during World War II, from 7 December 1941 at Pearl Harbor, to the last battle at Okinawa, and the surrender of Japan on 2 September 1945.”
In 1942, the USS San Francisco was the first Navy warship to receive the Presidential Unit Citation from Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Sunday’s ceremony will honor past veterans, with special mention being made to a former USS San Francisco shipmate, the late Louis M. LeHardy, US Navy.
In attendance will be San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee and California State Senator Leland Y. Yee. Full press release
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