Terre-Cabade Cemetery American Soldiers Monument
Details:
Upon entering the cemetery, go 110 meters to the north by the walkway next to the boundary wall of the cemetery.
Monument
The monument consists of an obelisk placed on a pedestal whose four corners are decorated with the head of an eagle. The obelisk bears the insignia of the Veterans of Foreign Wars U.S. It is signed by the entrepreneur A. Escourbiac. This monument commemorates the American soldiers who served and sacrificed their lives during World War I, and specifically honors those who were wounded in battle and later died in Toulouse namely Burns, Fines, Heller, Kearns, Klemm, and Mc Glory.
Source of Information and photos: ressourcespatrimoines.laregion.fr
Monument Text:
The north side face:
ERECTED
MAY 30TH 1919
by
George FORD
Daddy of the American Boys
Funds donated by Americans in Toulouse
On the main face of the pedestal:
AUX
MORTS POUR LA PATRIE
JOHN MC GLORY JAMES BURNS
ERNEST W. HELLER FRANK KLEMM
JOHN KEARNS JESSE T. FINES
English translation:
TO THE
DEAD FOR THE HOMELAND
JOHN MC GLORY JAMES BURNS
ERNEST W. HELLER FRANK KLEMM
JOHN KEARNS JESSE T. FINES
On the base of the monument:
A. ESCOURBIAC
Commemorates:
People:
Units:
6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division
94th Aero Squadron 1st Pursuit Group
United States Navy
US Army Air Service
Wars:
WWI
Battles:
Belleau Wood
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