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377th Infantry Regiment Memorial

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Details:

The memorial is located in a clearing along a pedestrian path just north of the southwest park entrance. It faces east toward the pathway. Monument The low memorial features a grey resin sign atop a tile base with white text in English and French as well as unit insignia. Five flag poles frame the north arc of the memorial area. The plaque honors the 377th Infantry Regiment, 95th Infantry Division who seized the fortified Brieux Chateau in November 1944. The battle was the first in the campaign to liberate Metz and the surrounding area. 

Monument Text:

In memory of the soldiers of I Company,

377th Infantry Regiment, 95th U.S. Division

who seized the fortified Brieux Chateau in

November 1944; the first of their many

fierce battles in the campaign to liberate

Metz.

 

 

A la mémoire des soldats de la Compagnie

I du 377eme Regiment d'Infanterie de la

95eme Division U.S. qui ont pris le Château

fortifie de Brieux en Novembre 1944, le

premier de leurs multiples et violents

combats dans la campagne pour libérer

Metz.

Commemorates:

Units:

377th Infantry Regiment, 95th Division

95th Infantry Division

United States Army

Wars:

WWII

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