Brancourt-le-Grand Liberation Monument
Details:
On the west side of Rue de Prémont.
Monument
A low obelisk on a pedestal. On one side of the obelisk is the Great Seal of the United States while on the other sides are commemoration messages that are written in English and French.
Monument Text:
Side 1:
EN L'HONNEUR
DES TROUPES
DU 118E REGIMENT
D'INFANTERIE
59E BRIGADE
30E DIVISION
DE L'ARMEE
AMERICAINE
QUI ONT BRAVEMENT
RECONQUIS CE VILLAGE ET
ONT DELIVRESES HABITANTS
DE L'INVASION ALLEMANDE
LE 8 OCTOBRE 1918
Side 2:
ERECTED IN HONOR
OF THE TROOPS
OF THE 118TH
INFANTRY
59TH BRIGADE
30TH DIVISION
AMERICAN
EXPEDITIONARY FORCES
WHO GALLANTLY
CAPTURED THIS TOWN AND
LIBERATED ITS INHABITANTS
FROM THE GERMAN INVADERS
ON OCT 8TH 1918
Commemorates:
Units:
118th Infantry Regiment
30th Infantry Division
59th Infantry Brigade, 30th Infantry Division
American Expeditionary Forces (AEF)
United States Army
Wars:
WWI
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