LT Walter Larsen Monument (OSS)
Details:
On the north side of the road at the intersection of the D928 and the D13, next to the railroad tunnel.
MonumentA small monument made of sedimentary stone with a red inscription and cross.
To harass or destroy remnants of enemy escaping from Southwest France north and east to the Belfort Gap into Germany.
Operation Christopher
'Christopher' was a US special forces operation to parachute a 52-man operational group of the Office of Strategic Services into the Poitiers area of German-occupied France to attack German forces retreating from south-western France toward the Belfort gap and thence Germany, and to aid local resistance forces (3/14 September 1944).
Monument Text:
A la memoire
du LT Américain
Walter LARSEN
tué au combat
du Pont de Maisey
Le 9-9-1944
__________________
AMICALE F.F.I., F.T.P.F.
English translation:
In memory
of American LT
Walter LARSEN
killed in action
from Maisey Bridge
September 9, 1944
__________________
AMICALE F.F.I., F.T.P.F.
Commemorates:
People:
Units:
French Resistance
Office of Strategic Services (OSS)
OSS
Resistance
Wars:
WWII
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