82nd Airborne Division Defense at the Battle of the Bulge Plaque
Details:
Next to the other plaques on the wall of the museum
PlaqueA brass inscribed plaque.
The plaque remembers the units of the 82nd Airborne Divsion which defended this area during the 'Battle of the Bulge' in December 1944.
Monument Text:
82nd Airborne Division
1944
BY ITS HEROIC DEFENSE OF THE CRITICAL TROIS- PONTS, GRAND-HALLEUX SECTOR AGAINST CONTINUOUS ASSAULTS OF THE GERMAN Ist SS PANZER DIVISION, THE 505th PARACHUTE REGIMENTAL COMBAT TEAM OF THE 82nd AIRBORNE DIVISION
PLAYED A VITAL ROLE IN DEFEATING THE LAST MAJOR ENEMY OFFENSIVE OF WORLD WAR II.
DEDICATED TO OUR GALLANT COMRADES BY THE VETERANS OF THE 505 RCT ASSOCIATION AT LA GLEIZE, BELGIUM, JUNE 1D, 1994.
505 PIR - 456 PFA - 307ENG - 307 MED - 80AA
Commemorates:
Units:
1st Army
307th Airborne Engineer Battalion
307th Airborne Medical Company
456th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion
505th Parachute Infantry Regiment
505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne
80th Airborne Anti Aircraft Battalion
82nd Airborne Division
Wars:
WWII
Battles:
Battle of the Bulge