2nd Lt Joseph R. Rosar Memorial
Details:
On the southern side of the D121 turn-off, against the wall in a secluded spot with two benches.
A three-tiered monument of two stone rectangles over a stone base. The lower one has a black plaque with gold lettering, the top one a carving of an angel over a fallen soldier. The plaque commemorates a fallen American pilot.
Monument Text:
A la mémoire
du pilote de chasse américain
Joseph R. ROSAR
mort le 15 juin 1944 à ORSAN
pour la liberation de la France.
English translation:
In memory
of the American fighter pilot
Joseph R. Rosar
who died on June 15th 1944 over Orsan
for the liberation of France.
Commemorates:
People:
Units:
15th Air Force
319th Fighter Squadron, 325th Fighter Group
325th Fighter Group
United States Air Force
Wars:
WWII
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