Haguenau Liberation Memorial (141st Infantry Regiment, 36th Infantry Division)
Details:
Just off the road between the walkway and canal. Monument
A set of brass relief plates inscribed mounted to a concrete base about 4 feet high.
The memorial remembers the crossing of the Moder Canal and thus the liberation of the town of Haguenau in March 1945 by the 141st Infantry Regiment of the 36th Infantry Division.
Technical Sergeant Morris Crain (Company E, 141st Infantry Regiment) was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for his actions crossing the Moder Canal.
Monument Text:
The inscription of the lower portion of the monument is in French. The English translation:
At Dawn on March 16, 1945
the tanks of the American Army
Crossed the Moder Canal
in a decisive offensive
that liberated Haguenau
from its German occupiers
Commemorates:
People:
Units:
141st Infantry Regiment
141st Infantry Regiment, 36th Division
36th Infantry Division
7th Army
Wars:
WWII
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