Fort Monmouth Soldiers and Civilians Memorial
Oceanport, Monmouth County, New Jersey
Marker Inscription
Dedicated to the Fort Monmouth Soldiers and Civilians who deployed and fought worldwide, and to the families who kept the home fires burning bright. Operation Just Cause Operation Desert Storm
The Story
For most of the twentieth century Fort Monmouth, on the New Jersey shore near Oceanport and Eatontown, was one of the Army's premier communications-electronics posts — long tied to the Signal Corps and the radar, radio, and battlefield-communications work that supported American troops abroad. This memorial gathers that legacy under two late-Cold-War campaigns named on the stone: Operation Just Cause, the December 1989 action in Panama, and Operation Desert Storm, the 1991 war to expel Iraqi forces from Kuwait. It honors both the soldiers and civilian personnel who deployed from the fort and the families who waited for them at home.
Why it matters
It marks the human side of a storied military installation, remembering that the technology and troops sent out from Fort Monmouth were backed by families and a community — a reminder of how America's Cold War-era bases shaped the towns around them.
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- · Operation Just Cause
- · Operation Desert Storm
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