1st Army Press Corps Plaque - Normandy
Details:
On the exterior of the Chateau which is now a hotel. Plaque
A brass inscribed plaque.
The plaque remembers the location of the 1st US Army Press Camp where press correspondents covered the Normandy Operation in June & July 1944.
The plaque was dedicated in 1994.
Monument Text:
From this CHATEAU de VOUILLY
Site of the 1st US Army Press Camp
ALLIED WAR CORRESPONDENTS
Covered the Battle of Normandy
June- July 1944
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This plaque was placed here
on June 6, 1994
on the 50th Anniversary of D-Day
by THE OVERSEAS PRESS CLUB OF AMERICA
Commemorates:
People:
Units:
1st US Army
Wars:
WWII
Battles:
Normandy Invasion
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