PFC Mason Armstrong Plaque
Details:
Attached to the west side of the stone house located at Rte de Stavelot, 50, down to road form the 291st Engineer Battalion Memorial. Plaque
A brass inscribed metal plaque.
Monument Text:
The metal plaque displays the Units emblem in the left-hand corner. It is written in English only. The text reads:
On December 18, 1944,
from this house, PFC Mason Armstrong
bazooka man of F Co. 119th Regiment
30th Infantry Division
knocked out two German half-tracks
of the SS Kampfgruppe Peiper
and so stopped the forward spearhead
of Hitler's great attack on Antwerp.
For this heroic action, he received the
Distinguished Service Cross.
Commemorates:
People:
Units:
119th Infantry Regiment, 30th Infantry Division
United States Army
Wars:
WWII
Battles:
Battle of the Bulge
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