Theodore Bachenheimer Memorial (504th PIR)
Details:
Just off the bike path. Monument
The memorial remembers PFC Theodore Bachenheimer of the 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division who was killed on this spot while leading Dutch Underground fighters in October 1944. The US Newspaper headline read: "Private Becomes General Overnight".
Monument Text:
The text on the upper portion of the monument reads:
PFC
AIRBORNE
BACHENHEIMER THEODORE H.
Gefallen heir Oct' 44 (Fell here in October 1944)
(Text in Hebrew)
Lower bronze inscribed plaque:
Members of the 504th
Parachute Infantry Regiment
Southern California Chapter
82nd Airborne
Commemorates:
People:
Units:
504th Parachute Infantry Regiment
82nd Airborne Division
Wars:
WWII
Battles:
Operation Market Garden
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