1st Lt Samuel C. Lee
Details:
Behind the town's war memorial and in front of the church.
Monument
Two glassed-in plane parts flanking a small white obelisk with an inscription commemorating Lt Lee who crashed in the area during WWII.
Monument Text:
A la memoire
du Lt SAMUEL C. LEE
Pilote 9th USAAF
53rd FS 36th FG
MORT POUR NOTRE
LIBERTÉ
le 21 SEPT 1944
La
COMMUNE RECONNAISSANTE
English translation:
In memory
of Lt SAMUEL C. LEE
Pilot of the 9th USAAF
53rd Fighter Squadron, 36th Fighter Group
DIED FOR OUR
FREEDOM
on SEPT. 21, 1944
A
GRATEFUL COMMUNITY
Commemorates:
People:
Units:
53rd Fighter Squadron, 36th Fighter Group
8th Air Force
United States Air Force
Wars:
WWII
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