Orleans City Liberation Monument -3rd Army
Details:
In front of the city hall adjacent to the tram tracks. Monument
The monument remembers General Patton's 3rd US Army liberation of the city of Orléans, France on August 16, 1944.
Monument Text:
The inscription on the monument is in French and reads:
LE 16 AOUT 1944
LA VILLE D' ORLEANS
A ETE LIBEREE
PAR L'ARMEE DU GENERAL PATTON
(3eme ARMEE U.S.A.)
Translation:
ON AUGUST 16, 1944
THE CITY OF ORLEANS
WAS LIBERATED
BY THE ARMY OF GENERAL PATTON
(3RD US AMRY)
Commemorates:
People:
Units:
3rd US Army
United States Army
Wars:
WWII
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