To the right side of the extended front yard.

Monument

A stone monument featuring an engraved commemorative message and a rectangular bronze plaque pays tribute to the 101st Airborne Division and other units involved in the town's liberation on June 12, 1944; the inscription is in French, while the plaque is in English. This monument is part of a series, including similar ones in Sainte-Mère-Église and at the northern end of Utah Beach, dedicated to honoring Allied contributions during the Normandy campaign. 

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Monument Text:

ICI

L'HEROISME DES

FORCES ALLIEES

LIBERE L'EUROPE

LE 12 JUIN 1944

LA 101° DIVISION

AEROPORTEE OUVRE

LA GLORIEUSE ROUTE

DE LA VICTOIRE

English Translation:

HERE

THE HEROISM OF

ALLIED FORCES

LIBERATES EUROPE

JUNE 12 1944

THE 101ST AIRBORNE

DIVISION OPENS

THE GLORIOUS ROAD

TO VICTORY

Plaque Text:

CARENTAN

THIS MAJOR TOWN OF THE CHERBOURG PENINSULA, A KEY OBJECTIVE OF THE NORMANDY INVASION, WAS LIBERATED BY THE 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION ON THE 12TH OF JUNE, 1944

THIS MEMORIAL PLAQUE IS PLACED HERE IN HONOR OF THOSE "SCREAMING EAGLES" WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE CAMPAIGN, AND AS A TOKEN OF CONTINUING ESTEEM AND FRIENDSHIP FOR THE PEOPLE OF FRANCE. PLACED BY COMRADES OF THE 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION ASSOCIATION

PARTICIPATING UNITS IN THE NORMANDY CAMPAIGN