Provisional Engineer Special Brigade Group Plaques
Details:
On the side of the bunker facing the 2ID monument and info sign.
Two stone plaques containing the troop list and commemoration message for the brigade group. The inscription is written in English in engraved and white lettering.
Source of photos: www.normandywarguide.com
Monument Text:
Plaque on the wall:
PROVISIONAL ENGINEER
SPECIAL BRIGADE GROUP
TROOP LIST
HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY
PROVISIONAL ENGINEER SPECIAL BRIGADE
GROUP
HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY
5TH ENGINEER SPECIAL BRIGADE
HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY
6TH ENGINEER SPECIAL BRIGADE
HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY
11TH PORT
2ND BATTALION, 358TH ENGINEER GENERAL
SERVICE REGIMENT
440TH ENGINEER DEPOT COMPANY
(LESS 3 PLATOONS)
4TH PLATOON COMPANY C, 602ND ENGINEER
CAMOUFLAGE BATTALION
DETACHMENT A, 246TH SIGNAL OPERATIONS
COMPANY
DETACHMENT A, 255TH SIGNAL CONSTRUCTION
COMPANY
COMPANY C, 783PD MILITARY POLICE
BATTALION
302ND MILITARY POLICE ESCORT GUARD
COMPANY
DETACHMENT D7G1 6901 EUROPEAN CIVIL
AFFAIRS DIVISION
DETACHMENT 81, TEAM 402, COUNTER
INTELLIGENCE CORPS
TEAM 402 MILITARY INTELLIGENCE
INTERPRETERS
14TH FINANCE DISBURSING SECTION
Plaque on the ground:
THE COMMANDING GENERAL PROVISIONAL
ENGINEER SPECIAL BRIGADE GROUP USED THIS
GERMAN EMPLACEMENT ON 6 JUNE 1944 AS
PART OF THE INITIAL HEADQUARTERS FOR
THE ORGANIZATION AND OPERATION OF
OMAHA BEACH
IN MEMORY OF OUR COMRADES WHO
HERE GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR FREEDOM
THROUGHOUT THE WORLD THIS MEMORIAL
IS DEDICATED
Commemorates:
Units:
Provisional Engineer Special Brigade
United States Army
Wars:
WWII
Battles:
Normandy Invasion
Other images :
