At the intersection of two main walking paths.

Cenotaph
Two marble inscribed gravestones which include the Division emblems of the soldiers respective units.

Sgt. James Buffenmeyer and Pvt. Carl Rovinsky served in the United States Army and died in World War II after being taken as Prisoners of War (POWs). They were imprisoned in Stalag Luft I IB Hammerstein in Czarne, Poland. They died during imprisonment and were buried in the city cemetery of Slupsk, Poland.

Carl S. Rovinsky was a private of the 157th Infantry Regiment of the 45th “Thunderbird” Infantry Division. He was born in Pennsylvania on May 17, 1923, and was taken prisoner by the Germans in Italy. Taken to a prisoner of war camp in Poland, he died during his captivity on November 3, 1943. He is now buried in the Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial in Belgium.

Sergeant James M. Buffenmeyer served in the 6th Armored Infantry Battalion of to the 1st Armored Division, the “Old Ironsides”. He was born in Missouri on May 31, 1923 and was taken prisoner by the Germans in Tunisia on February 12, 1943. Like Carl, he was taken to a prison camp in Poland and died during his captivity on December 2, 1943. He is now buried in the Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery in Missouri.

The Polish Army remembers these soldiers every year on All Saints Day with a wreath laying ceremony.

The texts on the gravestones are written in Polish and English.  The English reads on the first cenotaph:

-45^th Infantry Division Symbol-

Carl S. Rovinsky

PENNSYLVANIA

PRIVATE

45^TH INFANTRY DIVISION

157^TH INFANTRY REGIMENT

05.17.1923

11.03.1943

ARRESTED (Captured) WHILE FIGHTING IN ITALY

Second Cenotaph:

-1^ST ARMORED DIVISION SYMBOL-

James M. Buffenmeyer

MISSOURI

SERGEANT

1^ST ARMORED DIVISION

6^TH ARMORED ARMY

05.31.1922

12.02.1943

ARRESTED (Captured) WHILE FIGHTING IN TUNISIA

On the base:

DIED IN POW CAMP

STALAG II B HAMMERSTIEN

CZARNE, POMERANIA

BURIED IN SLUPSK