2nd Infantry Division Plaque (WW1)
Details:
At the far left of the grouping of memorials attached to the from of the government building. Plaque
A granite inscribed plaque.
The plaque remembers the 2nd Infantry "Indianhead" Division arriving in Arlon immediately after the end of the First World War.
From the US Army History Website:
Nov 17-Dec 13, Advance into Germany. Nov 17, Div advances via Virton (Belgium), Arlon, Brouch (Luxemburg), Mersch, Larochette, Mettendorf (Germany), Rittersdorf, Prüm, Gerolstein, Nohn, Adenau, Ahrweiler, and Heddesdorf, and arrives on Dec 13 near Coblenz and northwest of Heddesdorf.
Monument Text:
2nd Infantry Division Symbol
SECOND DIVISION
INDIAN HEAD
AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCES
ARLON
20 NOVEMBER 1918
US Army Symbol
US Marine Corps Symbol
