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80th Infantry Division Liberation Monument

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Details:

Behind the larger and more recent liberation memorial. Monument


A red sandstone inscribed upright stone.

The monument remembers the liberation of the town in November 1944 by the 80th "Blue Ridge" Infantry Division.

Monument Text:

 The inscription on the monument is in French.  The English translation is:


IN TRIBUTE TO THE BRAVE 
SOLDIERS OF THE 80TH INFANTRY DIVSION (U.S.)
THE LIBERATORS OF HOMBOURG-HAUT
ON 28 NOVEMBER 1944

Commemorates:

People:

Horace Logan 'Mac' McBride

Units:

3rd US Army

80th Infantry Division

Wars:

WWII

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