B-24 'Rough Buddy' (42-95390 ) & Liberation Plaque
Details:
On the western roadside of the Rue du Heyde.
Monument
A rough-hewn vertical stone slab bearing two plaques with a third one at its feet, all commemorating allied servicemen that died in the area during WWII and the town's liberation.
Monument Text:
Top Plaque:
Libere le 24 Novembre 1944 par les soldats de la 3e Division d'Infanterie de l'Armee americaine dans la bataille d'Alsace au cours de la 2e guerre mondiale
Plaque commemorative inauguree le: 01/02/2010
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LIBERATED BY THE SOLDIERS OF THE 3rd
INFANTRY DIVISION ON 24 NOVEMBER 1944 DURING
THE BATTLE TO LIBERATE ALSACE IN WWII
Commemorative plaque inaugurated on: 01/02/2010
THE ROCK OF THE MARNE!
Middle Plaque:
DANS NOTRE COMMUNE SONT TOMBES
POUR DEFENDRE LA LIBERTE
19 AVIATEURS
FRANCAIS
LE 21.12.1939
ADRIEN MARCEL VERON
HENRI FRANCOIS LE SAOUT
JEAN MELOT
AMERICAINS
LE 10.9.1944
CLARENCE D. LLOYD
JOHN M. BARKSDALE
JOHN L. CUSHING
GEORGE R. MELLOTT
RAY B. EGE
GUNTER W. SCHILLING
RODERICK MELLGREN
WILSON M. BROCKMAN
GERALD J. MILLER
ANGLAIS
LE 4.12.1944
MICHAEL JOSEPH LOVETT
NORMAN LESLIE TERRETDAY
ALBERT FREDERIC LANGSTONE
JOHN BENEDICT MALONEY
ALLAN KEITH JENKINS
JACK WOOD THORNE
JOHN WYPER
English translation:
19 aviators died over our community for its freedom
Frenchmen on 12.21.1939
Americans on 9.10.1944
English on 4.12.1944
Bottom Plaque:
En souvenir de la famille Lloyd
English translation:
In memory of the Lloyd family
Commemorates:
People:
Units:
3rd Infantry Division
707th Bomber Squadron, 446th Bomb Group
8th Air Force
United States Air Force
Wars:
WWII
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