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General Patton Battle of the Ardennes Memorial

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Details:

In the center of a small square just west of Place Astrid. Monument


The memorial includes a large inscribed stone with a bronze of General George Patton in front of a M10 Tank of the 704th Tank Destroyer Battalion. The memorial also includes several information signs and is places next to a Vote de la Liberte Borne.

The memorial remembers General George Patton and his 3rd Army's response to the "Battle of the Bulge" of the Ardennes Campaign.

Monument Text:

  The text on the monument is written in French and English.  The English reads:


(Bronze of Patton)

FROM THIS POINT 
ON DECEMBER 24, 1944
GENERAL PATTON
SENT FORTH THE THIRD ARMY
INTO THE BATTLE OF THE ARDENNES

Commemorates:

People:

George Smith Patton

Units:

3rd US Army

4th Armored Division

704th Tank Destroyer Battalion, 4th Armored Division

Wars:

WWII

Battles:

Battle of the Bulge

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