History of West Coast Memorial

Background

The World War II West Coast Memorial is located on high ground overlooking the entrance to San Francisco Harbor.

It is at the intersection of Lincoln and Harrison Boulevards in the Presidio of San Francisco, California near the southern edge of the Golden Gate Bridge.

This memorial was erected in the memory of those soldiers, sailors, Marines, Coast Guardsmen, and airmen who met their deaths in the American coastal waters of the Pacific Ocean during World War II. It consists of a curved gray granite wall decorated with bas relief sculpture and a statue of liberty on its right flank. On the wall are inscribed the name, rank, organization and state of more than 400 missing American service members whose remains were never recovered or identified. The terrace affords an excellent view of the neighboring shore and the exit from the Golden Gate Bridge to the Pacific Ocean.

The West Coast Memorial is located within the Presidio, a national park  site within the Golden Gate National Recreation Area and a National Historic Landmark District.

Vintage Poster

Vintage posters convey the beauty, tranquility, and solemnity of the place as a sign of respect for those who fought so that we can live free today.