Beechview keeps four separate war memorials all grouped together in a neat little triangular park at the outer end of the neighborhood: one for World War I, one for World War II, one for Korea and Vietnam, and one peace monument for all wars. The ones for the two World Wars have the names of all the Beechview residents who served; and because large slabs of metal can disappear in the middle of the night, perhaps even in a well-kept neighborhood like Beechview, we have recorded the names in very high resolution.
First, the World War I memorial:
The picture above is about 50 megapixels, so if you click or tap to enlarge it you should be able to read every name easily.
Now the World War II memorial:
Old Pa Pitt has not found much information about this memorial so far—even the well-researched Beechview book in the Arcadia Images of America series could only say that it was dedicated at some time in the late 1940s. But if he had to guess, he would say that this looks like a Frank Vittor eagle.
The Second World War was a bigger war, and Beechview was a bigger neighborhood by that time, so all four sides of the monument are covered with names. Again, the pictures are at about 50-megapixel resolution, so all the names will be legible.
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