On the exterior brick wall fenceline surruonding the church, behind the town war memorial.

A marble inscribed plaque.

The plaque remembers the 761st Tank Battalion which was stationed here after the 'Battle of the Bulge' in February 1945.  In February 1945, the 761st Tank Battalion ("Black Panthers") was in a period of transition, moving out of intense combat in the Ardennes (Battle of the Bulge) to reorganize and refit before pushing into Germany. The plaque remembers this unit and their subsequent push into Germany and liberation of a concentration camps.

The text on the plaque is in French and reads:

CE VILLAGE A HEBERGE EN FEVRIER 1945 L'UNITE AMERICAINE
761 ST TANK BATTALION .
N'OUBLIONS PAS QUE CES SOLDATS ONT CONTINUE LEUR AVANCE VERS L'ALLEMAGNE ET ONT PARTICPE ENSUITE
A LA LIBERATION DES CAMPS D'EXTERMINATION .
PASSANT SOUVIENS-TOI

English Transaltion:

This village sheltered the American unit 761st Tank Battalion in February 1945.

Let us not forget that these soldiers continued their advance towards Germany and subsequently participated in the liberation of the extermination camps.
Passerby, remember.