BG Theodore Roosevelt Hononary Citizen Memorial Plaque
Details:
On the town war memorial in the church courtyard. Plaque
A small white inscribed marble plaque.
The plaque remembers Brigadier General Theodore Roosevelt, Assistant Division Commander of the 4th Infantry 'Ivy' Division, who died in this town in July 1944.
BG Roosevelt is buried at the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorials where he rests with his younger brother Quentin Roosevelt, shot by two German fighters in WW1 on July 14, 1918 and was buried initially in Chamery, France.
Monument Text:
The text on the plaque is in French and reads:
AU GENERAL
T. ROSSEVELT
CITOYEN HONNEUR
DE MEATIS
MORT AU COMBAT SUR SETTE
COMMUNE LE 13 JULLIET 1944
LE POPULATION RECONNAISSANTE
Translation:
TO GENERAL
T. ROOSEVELT
HONORY CITIZEN OF
MEAUTIS
DIED IN COMBAT ON 13 JULY 1944
THE POPULATION REMEMBER
Commemorates:
People:
Units:
4th Infantry Division
Wars:
WWII
Battles:
Normandy Invasion
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