Sergeant Cuthbert Tank Crew Memorial -741st Tank Battalion
Details:
On the east side of the road, across from the Felsenkeller building. Monument
A black, rounded
rectangle slab monument facing the square. Two plaques are attached on it. The
first plaque was written poetically in German and the second commemorates the
crew.
On April 18, 1945 at the intersection of Karl Heine Str. and Zschochersche Str., Leipzig, Germany, the crew of Sgt. George J. Cuthbert, Jr. was Killed in Action after their M4 tank was hit by a Panzerfaust during the city's liberation. The 741st Tank Battalion was attached to the 2nd Infantry Division during the liberation of Leipzig.
Monument Text:
18/04/1945
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Die Amerikaner kommen!
Sie nehmen Lindenau zuerst
„Die weißen Fahnen raus!“
der Ruf mi Megafon
aus einem Fenster
Merseburger Straße
Kein Chuss
Nur Blumen Fliegen auf die Panzer
ganz vorn Aurora and Cleopatra
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Höhe Felsenkeller
Der Schlag aus einer Panzerfaust
Cleopatra getroffen
Das Projektil frisst sich durch Stahl
Der Panzer brennt
und Menschen brennen
Gegenfeuer schlägt zurück
Und Steine splittern
Blut versickert
Und alle Schützen fast noch Kinder
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Am Morgen
der den Frieden näher bringt
am Morgen
der das Morden stoppen soll
noch sieben Tote
Jungs un Uniform
ein andres Leben schon vor Augen
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Nie vergessen!
English translation:
18/04/1945
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The Americans are coming!
They will takr Lindenau first
"Get the white flags out!"
the call with a megaphone
from a window
Merseburger Strasse
No shots
Only flowers fly on the tanks
right in front Aurora and Cleopatra
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High rock cellar
The blow from a bazooka
Met Cleopatra
The projectile eats its way through steel
The tank is on fire
and people burn
Counterfire strikes back
And stones splinter
Blood seeps away
And almost all of them are still children
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In the morning
that brings peace closer
in the morning
to stop the killing
seven more dead
Boys in uniform
another life already in mind
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Never forget!
Plaque below:
An diesem Ort starben
am Morgen des 18. April 1945:
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SGT. GEORGE K. CUTHBERT JR.
CPL. KENNETH W. NICKEL
PFC. CHARLES LOMBARDO
PFC. GEORGE R. WILSON
PFC. WILLIAM E. GLATT
N.N.
N.N.
English translation:
Died here
on the morning of April 18, 1945:
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SGT. GEORGE K. CUTHBERT JR.
CPL. KENNETH W. NICKEL
PFC. CHARLES LOMBARDO
PFC. GEORGE R. WILSON
PFC. WILLIAM E. GLATT
N.N.
N.N.
Commemorates:
People:
Units:
2nd Infantry Division
741st Tank Battalion
United States Army
Wars:
WWII
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