Monument Details

1st Infantry Division Stele - Cheb

Details:

Behind the gas station, in a grove of trees behind the information sign. Monument

A ten meter high polished black granite stele containing the names of the 775 division members who fell in the fighting across Germany and into the Czech Republic from 8 February through 7 May 1945. The division insignia is on the front of the stele.

It is one of five World War 2 memorials placed by the 1st Infantry Division in Europe.

Monument Text:

Cheb 8 February 1945 to 7 May 1945

Engagements - Krevzau - Friesheim - Erp - Liblar - Bruhl - Bonn - Remagen Bridgehead and Ruhr Pocket - Stockhausen - Brungsberg - Harz Mountains - Osterode - Thale - Klausthal Zellerfeld - Altenau - Schierke - Adorf - Cheb

Here ended the victorious march of the 1st United States Infantry Divison

The officers and men of the 1st United States Infantry Divison who were killed in this period while fighting for the liberty of the world

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