Blosville Temporary American Cemetery Information Board
Details:
Next to the monument.
Marker
A rectangular wooden board with a framed panel beneath a wooden arch featuring an image and a brief history of the temporary American cemetery in Blosville during World War II. The information is written in English and French.
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Monument Text:
PARTAGER L'HISTOIRE ET LA MÉMOIRE EN TOUTE LIBERTÉ
SHARE HISTORY AND MEMORY IN TOTAL FREEDOM
Vous étes ici sur l'un des trois cimetières qui accueillirent les corps de ces hommes venus de l'autre côté de l'Atlantique et firent don de leur jeunesse pour que la liberté et la démocratie reviennent en Europe.
Les deux autres cimetières furent installés sur la commune de Sainte-Mère-Eglise.
En 1948,la France céda à perpétuité un peu de sa terre aux enfants d'Amérique morts sur son sol.
Certains de ces corps furent rapatriés, mais la plupart reposent toujours au cimetière de Colleville-sur-Mer.
You are now at one of the three cemeteries in which rested the bodies of men who came from the other side of the Atlantic Ocean and who gave their lives so that freedom and democracy would once again be restored in Europe. The other two cemeteries were located in Sainte-Mere Eglise. In 1948, France conceded, in perpetuity, land to the children of America who died on its soil: some bodies were returned home while the others rest eternally at the Normandy American Cemetery in Colleville sur Mer.
Commemorates:
Units:
101st Airborne Division
1st Engineer Amphibious Brigade
4th Infantry Division
70th Tank Battalion
746th Tank Battalion
79th Infantry Division
82nd Airborne Division
90th Infantry Division
99th Infantry Division
United States Army
Wars:
WWII