386th Bomb Group Monument
Details:
On the west side of the road, behind the cemetery.
Monument
A concrete stele on which three plaques are affixed: one explanatory in English and its duplicate in French and the last with the list of American soldiers of the 386th Bomb Group who were killed during the war in the region. On the left side near the monument is a concrete pulpit with a plaque on the surface that contains information message for visitors.
Monument Text:
Plaque 1:
386TH BOMB GROUP (M)
NINTH AIR FORCE
UNITED STATES ARMY AIR FORCES
MARTIN B'26 MARAUDER DOUGLAS A-26 INVADER
IN MEMORY OF THOSE GALLANT MEN WHO MADE
THE SUPREME SACRIFICE AND OF THEIR COMRADES WHO
SURVIVED COMBAT OPERATIONS FROM AAF STATION A-60,
THE PERSAN-BEAUMONT AIRPORT
OCTOBER 2, 1944 - APRIL 9,1945
AND IN TRIBUTE TO THE STRENGTH, COURAGE
AND RESISTANCE OF THE CITIZENS OF THE AREA
WHO EXPERIENCED THE HORRORS OF WAR
DEDICATED OCTOBER 2, 1994
Plaque 2:
386ème BOMB GROUP (M)
NEUVIÈME AIR FORCE
ARMÉE DE L'AIR DES ÉTATS-UNIS
MARTIN B-26 MARAUDER DOUGLAS A-26 INVADER
A LA MÉMOIRE DES HOMMES VAILLANTS QUI FIRENT LE SUPRÊME
SACRIFICE ET DE LEURS CAMARADES QUI SURVÉCURENT AUX
OPÉRATIONS DE COMBAT MENÉES A PARTIR DE LA BASE A60
AÉRODROME DE PERSAN-BEAUMONT
2 OCTOBRE 1944 - 9 AVRIL 1945
EN HOMMAGE A LA VOLONTÉ, AU COURAGE ET A
LA RÉSISTANCE DES HABITANTS DE LA RÉGION QUI
CONNURENT LES HORREURS DE LA GUERRE.
DÉDIÉ, LE 2 OCTOBRE 1994
Plaque 3:
AGUIRRE, LIONEL G. | GUICE, TAYLOR | MISNER, HUBERT G. |
ALLENBRAND, J. B. | HARR, HAROLD E. | MORGAN, CHARLES H. |
BAIRD, GUY P., JR. | HERCKER, JOSEPH H. | MORGAN, FRANK B. |
BEADLE, FREDERICK, J. | HICKS, WAYNE D. | NORDLAND, WILLIAM A. |
BEEGLE, ROBERT R. | HOLM, ROGER L. | OWEN, ROBERT J. |
BENJAMIN, JOSEPH S. | HOUSER, JOE L. | O'DONNELL, WILLIAM J. |
BIBY, RUFUS H. | HULING, CHARLES J. | PARDRIDGE, JOHN R. |
BIEGELMAN, EDWARD O. | HURLEY, GEORGE M. | PERRY, JOHN D., JR. |
BLEDSOE, ROBERT W. | JENKINS, THOMAS W. | PRICE, THOMAS U. |
BLUE, VERNON | JOHNSON, EVERETT G. | REGAN, JAMES J. |
BORRELL, RICHARD | JOHNSON, GEORGE M. | ROTH, HERMAN J. |
BRUNDAGE, WILLIAM A. | KAY, FRANK J. | SCHUTE, JOHN W. |
CLARK, HARVEY M. | KEHM, LEO A. | STETSON, LINCOLN H. |
DAWSON, HENRY A. | KELLEY. DONALD E. | STONEHOUSE, WILLIAM M. |
ELLINGTON, BOYCE W. | LAND, HOMER C. | SUMLIN, RALPH F. |
ELLIS, JOHN T., JR. | MADISON, THOMAS L. | TIGER, GLENN H. |
FAVERMAN, JOSEPH | MARRIN, JAMES T. | TRIGONIDES. DEAN P. |
FERRI, FRANK L. | McMULLEN, RAYMOND A. | WHITE, LEONARD P. |
FLINN, WILLIAM II | MELSON, WESTON F. | WILLIAMS, KENNETH I. |
GRAFF, DANIEL J. | MEYER, WILLIAM A. | WORKING, ROBERT W. |
Plaque for visitors:
V I S I T E U R S !
La place où vous vous tenez présentement est une partie du
'Taxiway' d'origine mis en service par l'armée allemande pendant
l'occupation (1942/1943) pour relier les deux pistes de la base
aérienne avec la 'peupleraie' d'en face qui servait de zone
de réparations et de controles pour les appareils endommagés.
Au cours de son séjour sur le site (Oct. 1944/Avril 1945) le 386éme
groupe de bombardement de l'U.S.A. Force l'utilisa aux memes fins.
V I S I T O R S !
The place where you are presently staying is a part of the original
'Taxi-way' put into service by the german army during the occupation
(1942/1943) to connect the two runways of the air-base with the
opposite 'poplar-plantation' which served as repairs and controls
area for the damaged aircrafts.
During its stay on the site (Oct 1944/Apr. 1945) the 386th bomb group
of the U.S.A. Air Force used it for the same purposes.
Commemorates:
People:
Herman Joseph “Herm”, Jr. Roth
Units:
386th Bomber Group
Wars:
WWII
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