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23rd Regiment Memorial - soldiers from this regiment served in the 106th Infantry during WW1.
This large bronze relief is situated high above one of the sides of the 23rd Regiment Armory
which is located at Bedford and Atlantic Avenue.
This large bronze relief is situated high above one of the sides of the 23rd Regiment Armory
which is located at Bedford and Atlantic Avenue.
Heisser Square Doughboy - ok, the Doughboy featured above is not the HS DB, but instead is
located on Ridge Road in North Arlington NJ in front of the town police station. I did not get the
chance to go the Brooklyn neighborhood to photograph that monument however I have seen a
photo of it on nyc.gov and the Doughboy above is the same one as the one in Heisser Square
which is located at the intersection of Myrtle and Knickerbocker Avenues. Located in front of
the North Arlington Doughboy are 3 war dated French Hotchkiss machine guns.
located on Ridge Road in North Arlington NJ in front of the town police station. I did not get the
chance to go the Brooklyn neighborhood to photograph that monument however I have seen a
photo of it on nyc.gov and the Doughboy above is the same one as the one in Heisser Square
which is located at the intersection of Myrtle and Knickerbocker Avenues. Located in front of
the North Arlington Doughboy are 3 war dated French Hotchkiss machine guns.
Carroll Gardens Memorial - aka 8th Assembly District Memorial. Designed as a truncated obelisk,
the memorial contains four bronze reliefs. The relief on the opposite side features a WW1 era
sailor in a similar pose as the Doughboy above. On the remaining two sides are the names of 187
service men from the neighborhood who served during the Great War. The memorial is situated
within a park/playground in the middle of this very nice Brooklyn neighborhood. Sculptor - Eugene
H. Morahan. Dedicated 1920.
the memorial contains four bronze reliefs. The relief on the opposite side features a WW1 era
sailor in a similar pose as the Doughboy above. On the remaining two sides are the names of 187
service men from the neighborhood who served during the Great War. The memorial is situated
within a park/playground in the middle of this very nice Brooklyn neighborhood. Sculptor - Eugene
H. Morahan. Dedicated 1920.
Most of the Doughboys featured on this site are devoid of any kind of insignia that places them
within any particular unit. The Carroll Gardens Doughboy pictured above however is clearly
wearing the NY 27th Division patch. The 27th was a NY National Guard based division and were
one of two US divisions that fought for a time under English control. They participated on the
Allied attack on the Hindenberg Line in 1918 in which the division suffered heavy losses. In
Laurence Stallings book - The Doughboys - he states "the 27th troops were from all over the
Empire State, farm lads from the Chautaugua watershed, woodsmen of the Adirondacks, and
slum-bred city boys". One great book that retells the WW1 history of this division is by author
Stephen L. Harris called - Duty, Honor, Privilege. After reading the book I realized that the original
drafts were not only made up of New York based soldiers but that many soldiers from NJ would
also fight in this division during the war. One contingent of soldiers described in the book were
called the "Summit Gunners" because they hailed from Summit NJ and served in a machine gun
company. On one page there is a photo and story of Montclair NJ native Lt. Percy Hall. Despite a
bad case of pneumonia he leads his company in an attack against the Hindenburg Line in which he
is killed. Lt. Halls name can be found on the Montclair Doughboy monument located in Edgemont
Park which is featured on another page on this site.
within any particular unit. The Carroll Gardens Doughboy pictured above however is clearly
wearing the NY 27th Division patch. The 27th was a NY National Guard based division and were
one of two US divisions that fought for a time under English control. They participated on the
Allied attack on the Hindenberg Line in 1918 in which the division suffered heavy losses. In
Laurence Stallings book - The Doughboys - he states "the 27th troops were from all over the
Empire State, farm lads from the Chautaugua watershed, woodsmen of the Adirondacks, and
slum-bred city boys". One great book that retells the WW1 history of this division is by author
Stephen L. Harris called - Duty, Honor, Privilege. After reading the book I realized that the original
drafts were not only made up of New York based soldiers but that many soldiers from NJ would
also fight in this division during the war. One contingent of soldiers described in the book were
called the "Summit Gunners" because they hailed from Summit NJ and served in a machine gun
company. On one page there is a photo and story of Montclair NJ native Lt. Percy Hall. Despite a
bad case of pneumonia he leads his company in an attack against the Hindenburg Line in which he
is killed. Lt. Halls name can be found on the Montclair Doughboy monument located in Edgemont
Park which is featured on another page on this site.