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    		• Polanski, Kenneth,
     
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    		• Pannenborg, Frank,
     
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    		• History -- United States
     
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    		• Figure group -- Male
     
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    		• Occupation -- Military
     
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    		• Dress -- Uniform
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Connecticut -- New Haven
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Vietnam War Memorial, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Polanski, Kenneth, sculptor.
    Pannenborg, Frank, sculptor.
    Title: 
    Vietnam War Memorial, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Dedicated 1988.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Black granite with a polished face on a black granite base.
    Dimensions: 
    2 pieces. Wall: approx. 4 ft. 7 in. x 8 ft. 1/2 in. x 10 ft. 2 in.; Base: approx. H. 1 in. x 12 ft. x 20 3/4 in.; V-shape: approx. 11 ft. x 11 ft. x 1 ft. 6 in.; Base of V-shape approx. 6 in. x 7 ft. 6 1/2 in. x 5 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (Top of slab:) 1959 (seals of services)/ARMY NAVY MARINE CORP COAST GUARD AIR FORCE VIETNAM 1975 (Left side:) THIS MEMORIAL IS DEDICATED/IN HONOR OF THE MEN/AND WOMEN WHO SERVED/DURING/THE VIETNAM WAR (Right side:) FROM THE SURROUNDING CITIES AND/TOWNS: NEW HAVEN, EAST HAVEN/WEST HAVEN, NORTH HAVEN, HAMDEN/ORANGE, WOODBRIDGE (V, north face, caps incised and colored white) MIA-POW/three names/KIA/18 lines of three unsigned
    Description: 
    A two part-sculpture, which includes a wall slab and large "V" shape. Inscribed on the slab is a depiction of two soldiers on either side of a central figure with his back to the viewer. The V-shape is inscribed with the names of soldiers. Both pieces are connected through a walkway, lined with pavers laid in concentric circles. Imbedded in the stone is a bronze plaque with the Vietnam Service seal.
    Subject: 
    History -- United States -- Vietnam War
    Figure group -- Male
    Occupation -- Military -- Soldier
    Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Connecticut -- New Haven
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of New Haven, Department of Parks, Recreation, and Trees, 720 Edgewood Avenue, New Haven, Connecticut 06515
    Located Vietnam War Veterans Memorial Park, Long Wharf Drive, New Haven, Connecticut 06515
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Connecticut survey, 1993.
    New York Times, September 13, 1992, Connecticut Weekly, pg. 1.
    Hegel, Richard, "Veterans and War Memorials and Monuments in the City of New Haven, Connecticut," Journal of the New Haven Colony Historical Society 37, Spring 1991, 2: 38.
    Office of Cultural Affairs, City of New Haven, 2007.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Note: 
    The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
    Repository: 
    Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
    Control Number: 
    IAS CT000083
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