Eternal Heroes Memorial
Details:
In the front yard of the home at 9, Route de la Mer.
Monument
A round terrace with a podium shaped base holding a stone plaque with French and American text. There are three steles behind with lists of names of the members of the 101st and 82nd Airborne Divisions killed in the liberation of the town.
Monument Text:
AUX HEROS ETERNELS
DES 101E ET 82E DIVISIONS AEROPORTEES
QUI ONT LIBERE NOTRE VILLAGE
LE JOUR J, LE 6 JUIN 1944
TO THE ETERNAL HEROS
OF THE 101ST AND 82ND AIRBORNE DIVISIONS
WHO LIBERATED OUR VILLAGE
ON D-DAY, 6 JUNE 1944
"CURRAHEE!"
Commemorates:
People:
John Angelo “Jerry” Giarratano
Walter Scott "Smokey", Jr. Gordon
Units:
101st Airborne Division
82nd Airborne Division
United States Army
Wars:
WWII
Battles:
Normandy Invasion
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