Temporary American Cemetery (1944-1948) Monument
Details:
Near the entrance of the German War Cemetery. Monument
A large inscribed standing stone.
The cemetery served as an American Cemetery from 1944-1948 which included burials form the Normandy and Operation Cobra Operations.
From the Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge e.V. (German War Cemetery Commission) Website:
"During the Allied invasion of Normandy in 1944, the warring parties suffered heavy losses. In the Cherbourg region, many German soldiers lost their lives due to bombings near Marigny, La Chapelle-en-Juger and the surrounding villages. In the course of the fierce landing battles, 3,070 American soldiers died in the sections St. Mere-Eglise and Utah-Beach. The American burial service initially buried these war deaths at Marigny. In 1945 and 1946, they were reburied to the cemetery of St. Laurent-sur-Mer.
In 1957, the reburial service of the Volksbund transferred the mortal remains of the German soldiers from many small cemeteries and individual graves in the region to the Marigny military cemetery. The Volksbund began in 1958 with the horticultural and structural design of the war cemetery.
Special feature: There is a memorial stone near the entrance to the Marigny war cemetery. It commemorates the soldiers of the VII US Corps, who were first buried there and later reburied to the large American military cemetery Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer."
Monument Text:
The text on the monument is in French and reads:
ICI
1944-1948
3070
SOLDATS AMERICAINS
ONT REPOSE
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IN MEMORIUM
COBRA
60eme ANNARVERSAIRE
Translation:
Here
1944-1948
3070
American Soldiers
Laid
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To Their Memory
COBRA
60th Anniversary
Commemorates:
People:
Units:
United States Air Force
United States Army
United States Navy
US Army Air Corps
VII Corps
Wars:
WWII
Battles:
Normandy Invasion
Operation Cobra
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