14th Major Port Tablet
Details:
Attached on the base of the Pilgrim Father’s Memorial, above the main memorial tablet.
A rectangular bronze plaque with raised border inscribed in English in relief lettering. Two American flags are depicted on the left and right-hand corners of the tablet. The plaque is a tribute to men and women of the US Forces who sailed from Southampton between D-Day and VE-Day.
Monument Text:
1944 - 1945
THIS TABLET WAS PRESENTED BY THE 14TH MAJOR
PORT, UNITED STATES ARMY IN PROUD TRIBUTE
TO OVER TWO MILLION MEN AND WOMEN OF THE
UNITED STATES FORCES WHO, TOGETHER WITH
THEIR GALLANT ALLIES, SAILED FROM SOUTHAMPTON
BETWEEN 'D' DAY JUNE 6TH, 1944, AND THE DAY OF
VICTORY TO LIBERATE THE CONTINENT OF
EUROPE FROM AGGRESSION, IN ORDER THAT
THE FREEDOM FOR WHICH THE PILGRIM FATHERS
STROVE SHOULD NOT BE LOST.
LEO J. MEYER COLONEL T. C. DEPUTY PORT COMMANDER | SHERMAN L. KISER COLONEL T. C. PORT COMMANDER |
Commemorates:
People:
Units:
14th Major Port (Transportation Corps)
United States Army
Wars:
WWII
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