Kientzheim Liberation Plaque - 7th Army
Details:
Next to the Sherman Tank Memorial. Monument
A colored inscribed plaque attached to a small carved boulder.
The memorial remembers the liberation of the town by the 7th US Army. US Army Divisions that liberated the area included the 3rd "Rock of the Marne", 28th "Keystone" and 36th "Texas" Infantry Divisions.
Monument Text:
The inscription is written in English and French. The English reads:
(Symbols of the the 36th, 3rd and 28th Infantry Divisions)
THE 26TH, 3RD, AND 28TH INFANTRY
DIVISIONS OF THE US ARMY FOUGHT FOR THE FREEDOM
OF KIENTZHEIM DURING WWII
