10th Mountain Division (87th Infantry Regiment)- Po River Crossing Marker
Details:
The marker is located just off the levee road, between the river. Marker
The marker is a white inscribed marble about 5 feet high.
The marker remembers the jump off point where the 1ST Battalion of the 87th Infantry Regiment, began their audacious assault across the Po River on April 23, 1945.
See Site Correggio Micheli, 10th Mountain Division (87th Infantry Regiment)- Po River Crossing Monument, for the memorial on the successful crossing on the other side of the Po River.
Special thanks to the The Po River WWII Museum (Museo della Seconda Guerra Mondiale del Fiume Po) in Felonica (Mantova) for assistance with this memorial.
Monument Text:
The text on the marker is written in Italian and reads:
IN QUESTO TRATTO
D’ARGINE, IL 23.4.1945
IL 1 BATTAGLIONE
DELLA 87 REGGIMENTO
DELLA 10 MOUNTAIN DIVSIONE
DA MONTAGNA USA.
SFIDANDO IL TIRO DELL ARTIGLIERA
TEDESCA. CON 50
CANOTTI D’ASSALTO
SI ACCINSE AD
ATTRAVERSARE IL FUIME
COMINCIAVA
LA LIBERAZIONE
DEL RESTO DELLA PROVINCIA DI MANTOVA
L’AMMINISTAZIONE
COMMUNALE
DI SAN BENEDETTO PO
NEL 51 ANNIVERSARIO
The translation in English:
ON THIS PART OF THE
LEVEE ON APRIL 23, 1945
THE 1ST BATTALION,
87TH INFANTRY REGIMENT
10TH MOUNTAIN DIVISION (USA).
AGAINST DIFFICULT GERMAN ARTILLERY FIRE,
WITH 50 ASSAULT BOATS
APPROACHED AND CROSSED
THE RIVER
BEGINNING THE LIBERATION
OF THE REST OF THE
PROVINCE OF MANTOVA (MANTUA)
THE COMMUNITY GOVERNMENT
OF SAN BENEDETTO PO
ON THE 51ST ANNIVERSARY
