A rectangular bronze plaque containing a commemoration message inscribe in French and English in black and incised lettering. 

Depicted images include: 

- the coat of arms of the town of Bitche (2 snake heads illustrating Bitche's motto and the Citadelle's impregnable position, "Je mord derrière comme devant " [I bite from behind as well as in front]).

- crossed French and American flags

- blazon of the 100th American Infantry Division.

This plaque remembers the nearly 3,000 soldiers of the Division who were killed, wounded, missing, or captured in the three-month battle for the Bitche region in 1944-45. The plaque was dedicated in September 1984.

Bitche is near the Maginot Line, into which the Citadel was integrated. Alsace-Lorraine returned to Germany after the French campaign in the summer of 1940 and remained annexed to Germany. The training ground at Bitche was utilized by the German Army to form new divisions, for example, the 65th Infantry Division formed at Bitche in July 1942. 

In March 1945, the U.S. 100th Infantry Division broke through the Maginot Line in the Bitche area and liberated the town for good. The attack was a part of Operation Undertone.

Special Thanks to the Espace Mémoire du Pays de Bitche (Memory Space of Bitche) for their assistance with this memorial and to remember events in this area during World War 2.

Inscription on the plaque, in French and English :

CETTE PLAQUE EST DEDIEE PAR LA VILLE DE BITCHE 

ET LA 100EME DIVISION D’INFANTERIE DES ETATS-UNIS 

AUX 3000 SOLDATS DE LA DIVISION TUES, BLESSES, 

PORTES DISPARUS OU CAPTURES DURANT LA BATAILLE 

POUR LA PRISE DU SECTEUR DE LA LIGNE MAGINOT 

-APPELE ENSEMBLE DE BITCHE- DU 3 DECEMBRE 1944 

AU 17 MARS 1945. CETTE PLAQUE EST EGALEMENT 

DEDIEE AUX 34 CITOYENS DE BITCHE TUES ET AUX 

119 BLESSES DURANT LES COMBATS AINSI QU’AUX 

41 MEMBRES DE LA RESISTANCE DEPORTES EN ALLEMAGNE 

PENDANT LA SECONDE GUERRE MONDIALE.

THIS PLAQUE IS DEDICATED BY THE CITY OF BITCHE 

AND THE 100TH U.S. INFANTRY DIVISION TO THE NEARLY 

3000 SOLDIERS OF THE DIVISION WHO WERE KILLED, 

WOUNDED, MISSING OR CAPTURED DURING THE BATTLE 

FOR THE MAGINOT SECTOR KNOWN AS THE ENSEMBLE DE 

BITCHE SECTOR BETWEEN DECEMBRE 3, 1944 AND MARCH 17, 1945. 

THE PLAQUE IS ALSO DEDICATED TO THE 34 CITIZENS 

OF BITCHE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES DURING THE BATTLE 

AND THE 119 PERSONS WHO WERE INJURED, AS WELL AS 

THE 41 MEMBERS OF THE RESISTANCE WHO WERE DEPORTED 

TO GERMANY DURING THE WAR