Monument Details

Airborne Liberation Memorial

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Details:

Located thirty yards to the left of the airborne memorial stele, in between two flagpoles. Monument

This concrete, cylindrical monument commemorates the 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions for liberating the district when they dropped in behind enemy lines, the night before the D-Day landings.

Monument Text:

5.6 JUIN 1944. LES 82^e

ET 101^e DIVISIONS U.S.A.

DE PARACHUTISTES

LIBERENT CE CANTON

5th.6th JUNE 1944. THE

82 ND AND 101 ST

AIRBORNE DIVISIONS

LIBERATE THIS DISTRICT

Commemorates:

Units:

101st Airborne Division

82nd Airborne Division

United States Army

Wars:

WWII

Battles:

Normandy Invasion

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