Closure of the 'Bulge' -Linkup of 11th AD and 84th ID Plaque
Details:
On the cliff face at the road bend towards the bridge Plaque
Three insrbibed brass plaques mounted to the cliff face one above the other.
The plaques remember the link-up of the 1st Army and the 3rd Army to close of the "Bulge" during the Battle of the Bulge" in January 1945 at the Houffalize Ourthe River Bridge. Units of the 334th Infantry Regiment, 84th Infantry Division - the "Railsplitters" linked up with units of the 11th Armored Division - "Thunderbolt". The link-up between the two Armies occurred on January 16, 1945.
Monument Text:
The top plaque is an etching of the link-up.
French:
"Counter-offensive en Ardenne: ici le 16.1.1945.
des libérateurs U.S. 84E DI. & 11E DB ont fait connection.
SI. des 2 Ourthes 16.1.1995 "
English:
HERE ON 16 JAN 1945
THE BULGE WAS WIPED OUT
BY THE JUNCTION OF
THE 84TH. INF. DIV. AND THE 11TH. A.D
