Dean Keller Memorial
Details:
This memorial is on the floor of the roofed area in the Campo Santo. Plaque The memorial is a white marble floor plaque, surrounded by black marble. It is headed with the name of Deane Keller.
Keller served as one of the United State's 5th Army's Monuments Fine Arts and Archives (MFAA) officers during WWII. Keller was part of the MFAA team that returned museum treasures to the city of Florentine. Additionally, he saved 14th and 15th century frescoes in the Campo Santo that were getting damaged by fires.
Monument Text:
DEANE KELLER
PITTORE
14 XII 1901 12 IV 1992
UFFICIALE DELLA V ARMATA STATUNITENSE
NEL SETTEMBRE - OTTOBRE 1944
INCOMBENTE ANCORA LA MINACCIA NEMICA
PROCURO' MATERIALI E MEZZI
PERCH' QUESTO CAMPOSANTO
QUASI DISTRUTTO DALLA GUERRA
FOSSE PRESERVATO DALL'ESTREMA ROVINA
AMICISSIMUS AD AMICOS
MAGGIO 2000
approximate English translation:
DEANE KELLER
PAINTER
14 XII 1901 12 IV 1992
UNITED STATES ARMY OFFICIAL
IN SEPTEMBER - October 1944
INCUMBENT STILL THREATENS THE ENEMY
Procured 'MATERIALS AND METHODS
WHY 'THIS CAMPOSANTO
ALMOST DESTROYED BY WAR
WAS PRESERVED extreme RUIN
AMICISSIMUS AD amicos
May 2000