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Captain George Leonard Smith, U.S.N. (1876-1951), a native of Exeter, presented this cannon to honor Exeter’s veterans of World War II. A prolific inventor and veteran of three wars, Smith developed the breech mechanism incorporated into the cannon, and that invention was used on land and sea by the United States and Great Britain during World War I and World War II. His invention was of incalculable value to the triumph of freedom.
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Exeter, New Hampshire · United States
