3rd Infantry Division Monument
Details:
The memorial park has a curved road. This monument is on the inside of the curve, towards the middle of the curve. Monument A stone monument with a bronze plaque in front and the 3ID crest on top, backed by three flagpoles. Text in French and English
Monument Text:
AUGUST 15 1944 THE US 3RD INFANTRY DIVISION MADE
AN ASSAULT AMPHIBIOUS LANDING IN THIS VICINITY,
ESTABLISHED A FIRM BEACHHEAD, AND TOGETHER
WITH ITS ALLIES, BEGAN A RAPID ADVANCE UP THE
RHONE VALLEY, CULMINATING IN THE LIBERATION OF
THE PROVENCE, THE VALLEY OF THE RHONE, FRANCHE
COMTE, THE VOSGES, AND ALSACE.
ICI, 15 AOÛT 1944 LA TROISIME DIVISION D'IN-
FANTERIE U.S FIT UN ASSAUT AMPHIBIE ETABLIT
UN POINT DE DEBARQUEMENT AVEC SES AL-
LIES. COMMENCA UNE AVANCE RAPIDE DANS LA
AVEC SES ALLIÉS, A COMMENCÉ UNE AVANCE RAPIDE
VALLÉE DU RHONE, CULMINANT DANS LA LIBERATION
DE LA PROVENCE, LA VALLEE DU RHONE, LA FRANCHE
COMTE, LES VOSGES ET L'ALSACE.
Commemorates:
Units:
3rd Infantry Division
United States Army
Wars:
WWII
Battles:
Operation Anvil Dragoon
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