Lost Battalion Monument (WW2)
Details:
Located on the Col des Huttes in the forêt de Champ along a dirt road.
Monument
The grey stone monument with bronze plaque and embossed gold lettering in French honors the 1st Battalion of the 141st Infantry (36th Infantry Division) which was surrounded by German forces in October 1944, as well as the 442nd Regimental Combat Team which attempted to rescue them and suffered large numbers of casualties in the process. This monument was inaugurated in 1984.
Monument Text:
ICI
SONT TOMBES HEROIQUEMENT
POUR LA LIBÉRATION
DE NOTRE SOL
LES VALEUREUX COMBATTANTS
AMÉRICAINS
DE LA 36E TEXAS DIVISION
100E BATAILLON INF. HAWAII
442E REGIMENT DE LIGNE
1E BATAILLON D’INFANTERIE
DU 141E RÉGIMENT DE COMBAT
OCTOBRE 1944
English translation:
HERE
HAVE FALLEN HEROICALLY
FOR THE LIBERATION
OF OUR LAND
THE VALIANT AMERICAN
AMERICANS
OF THE 36TH TEXAS DIVISION
100TH INF. BATTALION HAWAII
442ND COMBAT REGIMENTAL TEAM
1ST INFANTRY BATTALION
141ST COMBAT REGIMENT
OCTOBER 1944
Commemorates:
Units:
100th Infantry Battalion, 442 Infantry Regiment
1st Infantry Battalion, 141st Combat Regiment
36th Infantry Division
United States Army
Wars:
WWII
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