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467th AAA Weapons Battalion Plaque

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Details:

On the side of the bunker away from the hill.


Plaque

A rectangular bronze plaque with a black background and single border containing a commemoration message written in English in gold and raised lettering. Below the plaque is an original 50 mm anti-tank cannon that was once used by the Germans. When the bunker got bombarded by USS Destroyer Frankford and the gun inside was silenced thanks to the heroic actions of Sergeant Hyman Haas of the 467th AAA Weapons Battalion, the Germans inside were surrounded and forced to surrender.

Monument Text:

467th AAA     AW BN (SP)

 

THIS MARKER COMMEMORATES THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE 467TH

ANT-AIRCRAFT ARTILLERY AUTOMATIC WEAPONS BATTALION WHO

LANDED ON THE BEACH ON THE MORNING OF JUNE 6, 1944. THE

BATTALION SUFFERED HEAVY CASUALTIES IN THE NEUTRALIZATION

OF THE ENEMY BUNKERS GUARDING THE BEACH.

 

A SPECIAL RECOGNITION IS MADE TO THOSE WHO WERE KILLED OR

WOUNDED DURING THIS AND LATER CAMPAIGNS INTO

WESTERN EUROPE. MAY THEIR DEEDS NEVER BE FORGOTTEN,

 

DEDICATED BY THE SURVIVING MEMBERS OF THE BATTALION.

JUNE 6, 1944."

 

PAX VOBISCUM

Commemorates:

Units:

467th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion

United States Army

Wars:

WWII

Battles:

Normandy Invasion

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