103rd Division Monument
Details:
At the north corner of the town square.
Monument
A dark stone 3-sided stele. One side is a bronze plaque with English text. The monument remembers the 103rd Infantry “Cactus” Division fighting in the Vosges during WW2. On the front is the 103rd Division insignia and the inscription "103rd Infantry Division".
Monument Text:
103 RD
INFANTRY DIVISION
In front of the monument text:
Saint-Dié-des-Vosges marraine de l'Amérique
a été libérée le 23 Novembre 1944 par les soldats de la
103ᵉ Division d'Infanterie de l'Armée américaine
avec le soutien de la 3ᵉ Division d'Infanterie
_________________________________________________________
SAINT-DIÉ-DES-VOSGES GAVE HER NAME TO AMERICA AND
HAS BEEN LIBERATED BY THE SOLDIERS OF THE 103ᵈ
INFANTRY DIVISION WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE
3ʳᵈ INFANTRY DIVISION ON 23ʳᵈ NOVEMBER 1944
EMPLACED AT REQUEST OF MAYOR OF SAINT-DIÉ-DES-VOSGES
AND SOCIETY OF THE 3ʳᵈ INFANTRY DIVISION
Plaque text:
EN RECONNAISSANCE
DES SACRIFICES CONSENTIS PAR
LA POPULATION DE SAINT-DIÉ-DES-VOSGES
ET LA BRAVOURE DES SOLDATS DE
LA 103ᵉ DIVISION D’INFANTERIE
AMÉRICAINE LORS DE LA BATAILLE DES
VOSGES 1944–1945
PRÉSENTÉ PAR
L’ASSOCIATION DE LA 103ᵉ DIVISION
D’INFANTERIE DE LA SECONDE GUERRE
MONDIALE ET GRÂCE À LA GÉNÉREUSE
PARTICIPATION DES HABITANTS DE
SAINT-DIÉ-DES-VOSGES
13 JUILLET 1992
Plaque text:
IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE OF
THE SACRIFICES OF THE
CITIZENS OF SAINT DIE-DES-VOSGES
AND THE GALLANTRY OF THE SOLDIERS OF
THE AMERICAN 103RD INFANTRY DIVISION
IN THE BATTLE OF THE VOSGES 1944-1945.
PRESENTED BY THE
103RD INFANTRY DIVISION
ASSOCIATION OF WORLD WAR II
JULY 13, 1992
WITH THE GENEROUS COOPERATION OF
THE CITIZENS OF SAINT DIE DES VOSGES
