On the northern side of the Chemin de Cublaise, out front of a house with an American flag by it.

A LA MEMOIRE

DU LT COMMANDER BRINKLEY BASS, ne le 4 juillet 1916 a CHICAGO, HEROSs du PACIFIQUE US Navy,

Squadron 74 (VF 74), sur GRUMMAN F6F-5 HELLCAT Avion n 58109, Porte-Avions USS KASAAN BAY (CVE-69).

"OPERATION DRAGOON" DEBARQUEMENT DE PROVENCE.

MORT AU COMBAT a SAINT BONNET LE FROID, le 20 aout 1944, a 13h00.

Pilotes du Squadron 74 (VF 74) MORT AU COMBAT:

LT [sic] JHONSON, ROBERT JOSEPH, NORD AIX-EN-PROVENCE 17 aout 1944.

LT FRANCK, JOHN DISMAS, NORD AIX-EN-PROVENCE 17 aout 1944.

LT ARBUCKLE, WILLIAM NATHAN, BALARUC 20 aout 1944.

LT HULLAND, CHARLES WILBURN SCOTT, SAINT JULIEN 20 aout 1944.

MORTS POUR LES ETATS-UNIS D'AMERIQUE

MORTS POUR LA FRANCE

NOUS NE LES OUBLIERONS PAS

WE WILL [sic] REMENBER THEM, SEMPER FIDELIS

WITH THE ASSISTANCE: Robert KARSTENSEN, 451 th B/G, Family BRINKLEY BASS PILOTS (VF-74) CREWMEN (CVE-65)

CREWMAN BRINKLEY BASS (DD-887), Marc NUYTTEN, Anne Marie & Marcel ERTEL et Louis OMET.

English translation:

In memory of LCDR Brinkley Bass, born on July 7th 1916 in Chicago, hero of Squadron VF-74 USS Kasaan Bay (CVE-69). Pilot of Grumman F6F-5 Hellcat 58109.

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KIA at Saint Bonnet le Froid in support of Operation Anvil Dragoon's Provence landings on August 20th 1944 at 1300.

Pilots of Squadron VF-74 KIA:

Lt Johnson, Robert Joseph, Nord Aix-en-Provence August 17th 1944.

Lt Franck, John Dismas, Nord Aix-en-Provence August 17th 1944.

Lt Arbuckle, William Nathan, Balaruc, August 20th 1944.

Lt Hulland, Charles Wilburn Scott, Saint Julien August 20th 1944.

Died for the United States of America

Died for France

We will never forget them

We will remember them, Semper Fidelis