U. S. Navy SEAL/Artist, Pete Carolan
Standing below his amazing mural of the major Naval battles of WWII.
The mural is 160 ft. long and is painted all of the way around the interior
of the
Albert E. Schwab Post 555 Legion Hall.

The "D-Day" invasion which occurred on June 6th, 1944, also is depicted, but this portion of the mural will be completed when Pete, who is a U.S. Navy SEAL Team Reservist, with SEAL TEAM ONE Reserve Unit, returns home from OPERATION: "ENDURING FREEDOM"

The mural was dedicated along with the official name change, in honor of Congressional Medal of Honor recipient, Albert E. Schwab, by the prestigious guest speaker and fellow American Legionaire, Lt. General John Rhodes, USMC (ret.)

CLICK ON ANY PART OF EACH PHOTO
FOR A SPECIAL LARGER VIEW

Pete painted this mural as a tribute and memorial to the brave men who fought and died at PEARL HARABOR, as the huge patriot's mural firstly began with the "DAY of INFAMY", December 7th, 1941. Soon the mural took on a total dedication for what WWII meant, and how America would soon respond to arms with a horrific resolve to rid the world of tyranny. The mural starts with the attack on Pearl Harbor on the 7th of December, 1941, and encompases the major naval battles of WWII, such as the "Battle of Midway". where ironically the Japanese aircraft carrier "AKAGI" , which launched the air attack of Pearl Harbor, was sent to the bottom along with three other such Japanese aircraft carriers on that day.

A portion of the wall is also dedicated to the brave Navy Frogmen of the elite Navy Underwater Delmolition Teams (UDT), who secretly trained at Fort Pierce, Florida, for the invasion of Normandy on "D-DAY", where they successfully cleared the beaches of the many beach obstacles with their demolition packs that they had to swim in , in order to "blow" all obstacles at a pre-dawn precision time, in order that history's largest massive amphibious assault could successfully take place.

The mural also celebrates the resolve of America, as the war is concluded with the "Flight over Nagasaki" on the morning of August 9th, 1945. The B-29 bomber named "BOCKS CAR" dropped the 2nd and final Atomic Bomb,"FAT BOY", on Nagasaki, which ended the war in the Pacific. The final portion of the wall is the "Victory Fly-Over", where several F-4U fighter planes fly over Tokyo Bay, as a victory salute. Just under the B-29, is the "Victory Bar", where the Albert E. Schwab's American Legionares cordially invite all Patriot American Veterans & Fellow Legionaires, along with their guests to come in for a patriotic drink at the post 555's bar.

The mural also dedicates a wall to the name of the person whom the American Legion Post 555 is named after United States Marine, Albert E. Schwab who gave the ultimate sacrifice to his country during the battle for Okinawa, where he was mortally wounded fighting valiantly for his country, and received the Congressional Medal of Honor for his valor.

HOME








Copyright 2001 Sea Dragon Studio. All rights reserved.Names, logos, designs, titles, words or phrases
on these pages may constitute trademarks, servicemarks, or tradenames of Sea Dragon Studio, Pete
Carolan or otherentities which may be registered in certain jurisdictions.