Monument Details

Rimaucourt Hospital and Cemetery Memorial

Details:

The monument is located between D674 and a small rest area located on the north side of D674. If you are facing the monument, D674 and several pine trees are visible in the immediate background. Monument The Rimaucourt Hospital and Cemetery Memorial is a black and brown granite tablet that rests on a black granite base at the end of a stone walkway. It is flanked by two flagpoles with an American and French flag. The moment also features the logo of Le Souvenir Français in the upper left hand corner. The front of the monument features gold lettering that describes (in French) the importance of the location as an American military hospital and cemetery.

The hospital located at this place was known as Army Base Hospital Number 1. This hospital was one of the largest "hospital centers," the technical name for a grouping of base hospitals. Although the hospital at Rimaucourt was originally meant to have only 2000 beds, it grew into the 5000 bed hospital center that is memorialized by this monument today.

Monument Text:

"En ce lieu a été érigé un hôpital américain

de 5000 lits et une cimetière où furent

inhumés 334 soldats américains

de 1917 à 1922.

Morts pour la liberté.

English Translation:

"On this spot there was an American hospital

of 5000 beds and a cemetery where

334 American soldiers were interred

from 1917 to 1922.

They died for our freedom."

Commemorates:

Units:

United States Army

Wars:

WWI

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