Information board co-located with monument to 5th Armored Division at the intersection of rue de la Chapelle and Rue de Luxembourg. Marker Information board on the liberation of Sandweiler.

On Sunday, September 10th, 1944 the American troops liberated the City of Luxembourg. In the afternoon, the 5th Armored Division nicknamed the "Victory Division" started advancing towards Echternach. When the column approached the airport German tanks ambushed the advance guard and hit two American tanks. Their occupants fled from the destroyed vehicles and took shelter in a nearby farm. Sgt. Joseph L. PASSET who had been mortally wounded was brought back to "Kalchesbreck" and laid alongside the road. People came and covered the body of the first American liberator killed on the soil of Sandweiler with red, white and blue asters.

A further victim of the ambush, Sgt. Jesse MITTIGA, had been severely burnt. He died soon afterwards.

For the town of Sandweiler, September 10th, 1944 proved to be a black day. As the American forces suspected German tanks and infantry to hide in and around Sandweiler, they bombed the town and set it under heavy artillery and mortar fire. Three people were killed and dozens of houses were completely destroyed or burnt out. On the following day, Monday September 11th, 1944, two courageous men, Rene Massard and Nik Moiling, decided that it was time for them to mount their bicycle to go to meet the American liberators and to bring them to the village. The town of Sandweiler was liberated that same day. When the first Jeeps passed "Kapellebierg", the villagers noticed at the head of the convoy the two brave Luxemburgish men, their bicycles tied on to the Jeeps. The population of Sandweiler was exuberant in cheering their American liberators.