Memorial Fountain

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Memorial Fountain

monument, Virginia, United States

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Falls Church
Memorial Fountain honours four army chaplains who gave their life jackets to soldiers aboard the troopship Dorchester when it was torpedoed off Greenland in 1943 during World War II. Falls Church was incorporated as a town in 1875 and as a city in 1948. Pop.…
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Memorial Fountain honours four army chaplains who gave their life jackets to soldiers aboard the troopship Dorchester when it was torpedoed off Greenland in 1943 during World War II. Falls Church was incorporated as a town in 1875 and as a city in 1948. Pop.…
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