West Wall Breach Marker – 30th Infantry Division
Details:
In a wide spot in the road, just across from the pedestrian bridge.
A covered cross with a brass plaque at the base.
The memorial remembers the fallen of all sides during the attack on the West Wall in October 1944. The memorial also marks the location of the first breach of the West Wall by the 117th Infantry Regiment of the 30th “Old Hickory” Infantry Division on October 2, 1944.
Monument Text:
The text on the plaque at the base of the cross reads:
OKTOBER 1944 (German)
IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO DIED (English)
ZUM GEDENKEN AN DIE GEFALLENEN (German)
AM 2. OKTOBER 1944 DURCHBRACHEN AMERIKANISCHE TRUPPEN AN DIESE STELLE DEM WESTWALL. (German)
Translation:
October 1944
In memory of those who died (in English and German)
On 2 October 1944 American troops breached on this spot the Westwall.
Commemorates:
Units:
117th Infantry Regiment, 30th Infantry Division
1st Army
30th Infantry Division
Wars:
WWII
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