Disabled American Veterans

(Side 1)<br> Disabled American Veterans Formed December 25, 1920.<br> Birmingham Chapter No. 4 Chartered January 25, 1926.<br> This Memorial Dedicated To Our Military Forces And To All Who Have Given Their Blood And Lives That The Republic Might Live Forever.<br> How Sleep The Brave Who Sink To Rest By All Their Country's Wishes Blest!<br> This Tenth Day Of November Nineteen Hundred Eighty One.<br><br> (Side 2)<br> <b>United States Army<br></b> Authorized By The Continental Congress June 14, 1775<br> * World War I *<br> For All Branches Of Our Military Forces Alabama Sent 8,000 Citizens Jefferson County Sent 1,704.<br><br> (Side 3)<br> <b>United States Navy<br></b> Authorized By The Continental Congress October 13, 1775<br> * World War II *<br> For All Branches Of Our Military Forces Alabama Sent 171,000 Citizens Jefferson County Sent 39,073<br><br> (Side 4)<br> <b>United States Marine Corps<br></b> Authorized By The Contintal Congress November 10, 1775<br> * Korean War *<br> For All Branches Of Our Military Forces Alabama Sent 91,000 Citizens Jefferson County Sent 19,483<br><br> (Side 5)<br> <b>United States Coast Guard<br></b> Established In 1790 By The U. S. Congress<br> * Vietnam War *<br> For All Branches Of Our Military Forces Alabama Sent Over 1250,000 Citizens Jefferson County Sent 26,187<br><br> (Side 6)<br> <b>United States Air Force<br></b> Established, U. S. Congress, 1947 As A Separate Branch Of Our Military Forces.<br> Over 40,000 Alabama Veterans With Service Connected War Time Disabilities; Living In Our State At This Time, 1981.<br> Our Duty To Them And To Those Who Have Paid The Supreme Sacrifice Will Not Be Fulfilled Until All, Their Widows And Dependents, Are Adequately Cared For.<br> Birmingham Chapter No. 4 Disabled American Veterans.