26th Infantry Regiment
Details:
On the outside brick wall of the building. Plaque A bronze plaque mounted on a marble backing with English text. The insignias of the First Infantry Division and the 26th Infantry Regiment are at the corners of the plaque.
Monument Text:
To commemorate the
26th Infantry
Regiment
“Blue Spader”
1st Infantry Division
– “big red one”
and their attached
units
“A” Company – 634th Tank Destroyer Battalion
“B” Company – 87th Chemical Mortar Battalion
“Ce” Company – 745th Tank Battalion
“B” Battery – 33rd Field Artillery Battalion
Tthis plaque is dedicated to the officers, noncommissioned
officers and enlisted men who fought during the period of 16 November through 5
December 1944 against resolute German resistance in the bitter coldness and
darkness of the forest, towns, and sites of Schevenhütte, Franzosenkreuz, Laufenburg
Castle, Hill 272, Hill 244, Jüngersdorf, and at this location in Merode where
the 2nd Battalion – 26th Infantry (Co. E and F) lost more than 300
soldiers on November 29 and 30th, 1944.
May the sacrifice of
these brave men be not in vain!
No mission too
difficult! No sacrifice to great! Do the first!
Commemorates:
Units:
1st Infantry Division
26th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division
33rd Field Artillery Battalion, 1st Infantry Division
634th Tank Destroyer Battalion
745th Tank Battalion
87th Chemical Mortar Battalion
Wars:
WWII
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