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Hastière Liberation Memorial- 9th Infantry Division

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Details:

In a small roadside park.

Monument

A plaque attached to a large fieldstone with 4 flagpoles.

The memorial rememebrs the liberation of the town by the 9th Infantry 'Old Reliables' Divsion's 47th and 60th Infantry Regiments on Septemebr 5 & 6, 1944.

Monument Text:

The plaque is inscribed in Franch.  The Enlish transaltion reads:

Symbol of the 9th Infantry Division, American, Belgian and Franch flags

 

 

To the memory of the brave soldiers of the 47th and 60th Regiments of the US 9th Infantry Division 

fallen here on 5 and 6 September 1944 

and the Belgian and French volunteers 

victims of the Nazis 

and demonstrating exemplary bravery 

Remember

Commemorates:

Units:

47th Infantry Regiment, 9th Infantry Division

60th Infantry Regiment

9th Infantry Division

French Resistance

Resistance

United States Army

Wars:

WWII

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