91st Infantry Division Monument
Details:
About 15 feet off the main road in the small park behind a yellow sign marker.
The monument is made of concrete on a rock base with an inscribed brass plaque inset. The concrete portion includes the shape of a soldier with several symbols below the soldier to include the insignias of: Town of Loiano; 5th Army; US Army; 91st Infantry Division and the 362nd Infantry, 91st Infantry Division.
From the Division History about Loiano:
The enemy fell back rapidly to their next defensive position at Loiano, with the 91st swiftly following their retreat. On 5 October, under a rolling barrage the 362nd Infantry captured the town and M. Bastia, the peak which dominates it. On either side of the position the whole line surged forward.
Monument Text:
The text on the inscribed plaque is written in English and Italian. The English reads:
“TO THE VETERANS OF THE 91ST INFANTRY
DIVISION – UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
AND TO THE PEOPLE OF LOIANO WHO
SHARED A COMMON BOND DURING THAT
TERRIBLE AUTUMN OF 1944”
