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Source:  Civil Air Patrol - World War II Memorial, Manteo. Photo by Hannah Storch

  • Monument Name

    Civil Air Patrol - World War II Memorial, Manteo

  • Type

    War Memorial

  • Subjects

    World War II

    Voluntary Organizations

  • City

    Manteo

  • County

    Dare

  • Description

    The Civil Air Patrol Memorial commemorates the volunteers who served during World War Two. The memorial consists of a four feet square granite panel on a one foot high granite base. The panel face is almost entirely covered by a bronze tablet with the names of all who served during the war and inscriptions. At the tablet top left corner is a three blade propeller symbol of the Civil Air Patrol. At the top right corner is a Coastal Patrol Base symbol that shows a bomb dropping towards a submarine. Atop the main panel is a smaller piece of granite roughly in the shape of a trapezoid with CIVIL AIR PATROL COASTAL BASE 16 incised along with the depiction of a single engine patrol aircraft. Above the aircraft are three lines depicting clouds. Several feet in front of the memorial is a concrete pad with several other memorial tablets.

  • Inscription

    CIVIL AIR PATROL / COASTAL PATROL / BASE 16 / THIS MEMORIAL IS IN HONOR OF THE WWII PERSONNEL / OF CIVIL AIR PATROL COASTAL PATROL BASE 16 / MANTEO, NORTH CAROLINA

    Three rows of 48 to 50 names each

    AND IS HUMBLY DEDICATED TO THE MEMBERS OF THIS BASE / WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE IN THE LINE OF DUTY / FRANK M. COOK ☆ CONCORD, NC ☆ DECEMBER 21, 1942 / JULIAN L. COOPER ☆ NASHVILLE, NC ☆ DECEMBER 21, 1942 / APRIL 1997

  • Custodian

    Dare County Airport Authority

  • Dedication Date

    April 27, 1997

  • Decade

    1990s

  • Geographic Coordinates

    35.917330 , -75.700300 View in Geobrowsemap pin

  • Supporting Sources

      “A Historical Trip Down The Coast,” Civil Air Patrol: HARBORSUMMER, capharborsummer.wordpress.com, (accessed February 16, 2022) Link

      “Civil Air Patrol Monument,” Dare County, NC, darenc.com, (accessed February 16, 2022) Link

      “Civil Air Patrol,” The Historical Marker Database, HMdb.org, (accessed February 16, 2022) Link

      “History and Museum,” Dare County, NC, darenc.com, (accessed February 18, 2022) Link

  • Public Site

    Yes

  • Materials & Techniques

    Granite, bronze

  • Location

    The memorial is located by the Dare County Airport Terminal Building at 410 Airport Road, Manteo, NC 27954.

  • Landscape

    The memorial stands on the front lawn of of the Airport Terminal building.

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