Menu
  • Abous us
  • Search database
  • Resources
  • Donate
  • Faq

 

100th Division plaque

<< Back to Raon l' Etape Town Hall

Details:

On the outside wall of the extension building to the left of the town hall (as you face the building).


Plaque
A stone plaque with gold inscription and French and English text. The insignia of the 100th Division is depicted, along with crosses French and American flags.

Monument Text:

CETTE PLAQUE EST DEDIEE PAR LA VILLE DE RAON ET LA 100EME DIVISION DINFANTERIE DES ETATS-UNIS AUX 1500 SOLDATS DE LA DIVISION TUES BLESSES PORTES DISPARUS OU CAPTURES DURANT LA BATAILLE DES VOSGES APPELEE ENSEMBLE DE RAON L'ETAPE ENTRE LE 6 ET LE 20 NOVEMBRE 1944 LKORS DE LA PRISE DE LA VILLE PAR LA 100EME DIVISION ELLE EST EGALEMENT DEDIEE AUX CITOYENS DE RAON L'ETAPE MORTS OU BLESSES DURANT CETTE BATAILLE.

THIS PLAQUE IS DEDICATED BY THE CITY OF RAON L'ETAPE AND THE 100TH US INFANTRY DIVISION TO THE NEARLY 1500 SOLDIERS OF THE DIVISION WHO WERE KILLED, WOUNDED, MISSING, OR CAPTURED DURING THE BATTLE OF THE VOSGES, KNOWN AS THE ENSEMBLE DE RAON L'ETAPE, BETWEEN NOVEMBER 6, 1944 AND NOVEMBER 20, 1944 WHEN THE CITY WAS TAKEN BY THE 100TH INFANTRY DIVISION. IT IS ALSO DEDICATED TO THE CITIZENS OF RAON L'ETAPE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES OR WERE INJURED DURING THE BATTLE.

Commemorates:

Units:

100th Infantry Division

397th Infantry Regiment, 100th Infantry Division

398th Infantry Regiment, 100th Infantry Division

399th Infantry Regiment, 100th Infantry Division

7th Army

United States Army

Wars:

WWII