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Maquisards Memorial

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Details:

In front of the town war memorial.


Marker

A rectangular, white, stone slab with a slant top and one-step base, bearing a rectangular, dark plaque. The plaque is inscribed in French in engraved lettering which commemorates four men who were killed on August 3, 1944, by a retreating German column deployed in the area. The names inscribed include Bourgoin. The plaque shows that he is a Canadian, but, this is incorrect. Bourgoin or Lucien J. Bourgoin is an American who was born in Massachusetts. Behind this memorial, is an information panel that includes the story of what happened that day.

Monument Text:

A LA MEMOIRE DES MAQUISARDS

 

TOMES LE 3 AOÛT 1944

POUR LA LIBERATION DE LA FRANCE

AU PASSAGE D'UNE

COLONNE ALLEMANDE

 

JARRASSIER CLEMENT

MANDINAUD ERNEST

QUIRING JOSEPH

BOURGOIN (CANADIEN)

 

 

English translation:

 

IN MEMORY OF THE MAQUISARDS

 

FALLEN ON AUGUST 3, 1944

FOR THE LIBERATION OF FRANCE

AT THE PASSAGE OF A

GERMAN COLUMN

 

JARRASSIER CLEMENT

MANDINAUD ERNEST

QUIRING JOSEPH

BOURGOIN (CANADIAN)

Commemorates:

People:

Lucien J. Bourgoin

Units:

Office of Strategic Services (OSS)

OSS

Wars:

WWII

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