Monument Details

42nd 'Rainbow' Infantry Division War End in Austria Plaque

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Details:

On the rock wall adjacent to the parking area.

Plaque

A bronze inscribed plaque with a rainbow painted under it.

The plaque remembers the 42nd Infantry Divsion in Austria at the end Of WW2.

From the Die digitale Erinnerungslandschaft Österreichs (DERLA) website translated:

The memorial plaque at Kniepass was unveiled on the 65th anniversary of the end of World War II. It, along with the tricolor rainbow painted on the rock, commemorates the arrival of the U.S. Army's 42nd Infantry Division, " Rainbow Division", in Salzburg, commanded by Harry J. Collins.

Monument Text:

The plaque is inscribed in German and reads:

Zur Erinnerung

An den

08.05.1945

Hier standen bei Kriegsende die Angriffspitzen der 42. Infanterue Division (Rainbow Divison) der U.S.-Army und verewigten dieses historische Ereignis mit ihrem Divisionsabzeichen am Felsen.

„Steine können sprechen, sie erzählen von heroischen Taten und Schlachten, man muss ihnen nur zuhören“

Die Soldaten der Jägerkompanie

Anton Wallner Kaserne Saalfelden

08.05.2010

The English Translation:

In memory of the 08.05.1945

At the end of the war, the spearheads of the 42nd Infantry Division (Rainbow Division) of the U.S. Army stood here and immortalized this historic event with their divisional insignia on the rock.

“Stones can speak, they tell of heroic deeds and battles, you just have to listen to them”

The soldiers of the Jägerkompanie Anton Wallner

Kaserne Saalfelden On 08.05.2010

Commemorates:

People:

Harry John Collins

Units:

42nd (Rainbow) Division

42nd Infantry Division

Wars:

WWII

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