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Details:

Hung on the side of the Abri Rajon

Plaque

A stone plaque detailing the story of the stay at this hut by the hospital patients, the members of the resistance, and the American crew of the B-24 "My Gloria"

Monument Text:

PARCOURS HISTORIQUE DU MAQUIS DE LOISANS
PANNEAU 5 : DENOUEMENT
À 3000 M. DALTITUDE
SANS NOURRITURE NI ABRI
Lac La Fare
Le matin du 15 août 1944, après une très courte nuit passée
au refuge de La Fare où les Allemands les avaient repérés, les
blessés et les personnels de lhôpital F.F.I. de lIsère arrivent
ici. Deux amputés sont cachés plus bas avec leurs infirmiers.
Dans la cabane au bord du lac, se trouvent des maquisards
F.F.I. venus du nord, après des combats au col du Glandon. Ce
plateau désolé savère très accessible !
Devant le lac, un sentier part vers le sud, vers la Haute
Romanche occupée depuis 4 jours par lennemi. Les rescapés
de lhôpital arrivent eux, par louest, poursuivis par les
Allemands : ils doivent donc monter encore, mais vers lest,
seule direction possible.
Sans aucun équipement, ils vont se cacher plusieurs jours dans
cette paroi, à la limite du glacier, se nourrissant de quelques
biscuits « Brun » et capturant un mouton quils dévorent
presque cru.
La progression des alliés débarqués en Provence, chassant les
Allemands de la région, leur permit de rejoindre la vallée. Tous
furent sauvés.

ENGLISH TRANSLATION: 

HISTORICAL JOURNEY OF THE MAQUIS DE L'OISANS
PANEL 5: DENOUEMENT
AT AN ALTITUDE OF 3,000 METERS
WITHOUT FOOD OR SHELTER
Lac La Fare
On the morning of August 15, 1944, after a very short night spent
at the La Fare refuge where the Germans had spotted them, the
wounded and the staff of the F.F.I. hospital in Isère arrived
here. Two amputees were hidden further down with their nurses.
In the cabin by the lake were F.F.I. resistance fighters
who had come from the north after fighting at the Col du Glandon. This
desolate plateau proved to be very accessible!
In front of the lake, a path leads south towards Haute
Romanche, which had been occupied by the enemy for four days. The survivors
from the hospital arrived from the west, pursued by the
Germans: they must therefore continue climbing, but towards the east,
the only possible direction.
Without any equipment, they hid for several days in
this wall, at the edge of the glacier, feeding on a few
Brun biscuits and capturing a sheep, which they devoured
almost raw.
The advance of the Allies who had landed in Provence, driving the
Germans out of the region, enabled them to reach the valley. All
were saved.

 

 

 

Commemorates:

Units:

15th Air Force

460th Bomb Group, Heavy

762nd Bomber Squadron, 460th Bomber Group, Heavy

French Resistance

Wars:

WWII