Prémont Liberation Monument - 30th Infantry Division
Details:
On the west side of D70/Rue de Largillere.
Monument
A low obelisk on a pedestal. On one side of the obelisk is the Great Seal of the United States while on the other sides are commemoration messages that are written in English and French. The monument was erected in 1923.
In September 1918, the Allied offensive on the Hindenburg Line bore fruit, as the Germans gradually gave ground. After the bloody battle of Montbrehain won by the Australian army, it was the British and Americans who continued the fight against the Germans. By order of the German authorities, the population of Prémont was forced to evacuate on October 1, 1918. The 30th American Division, comprising troops from North and South Carolina and Tennessee, under the command of General Lewis, liberated the village on October 8 after heavy fighting.
Source of information: www.premont-autrefois.fr
Monument Text:
Side 1:
CE MONUMENT
A ÉTÉ ÉLEVÉ EN
L'HONNEUR DES TROUPES
DU 117E REGIMENT
D'INFANTERIE
59E BRIGADE
30E DIVISION
DE L'ARMÉE
AMÉRICAINE
QUI ONT BRAVEMENT
RECONQUIS CE VILLAGE ET
ONT DELIVRÉSES HABITANTS
DE L'INVASION ALLEMANDE
LE 8 OCTOBRE 1918
Side 2:
ERECTED IN HONOR
OF THE TROOPS
OF THE 117TH
INFANTRY
59TH BRIGADE
30TH DIVISION
AMERICAN
EXPEDITIONARY FORCES
WHO GALLANTLY
CAPTURED THIS TOWN AND
LIBERATED ITS INHABITANTS
FROM THE GERMAN INVADERS
ON OCT 8TH 1918
Commemorates:
Units:
117th Infantry Regiment, 30th Infantry Division
30th Infantry Division
59th Infantry Brigade, 30th Infantry Division
American Expeditionary Forces (AEF)
United States Army
Wars:
WWI
Battles:
Meuse-Argonne Offensive
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