Saint Meloir des Ondes Liberation Monument
Details:
Behind the town church, by the Rue Notre Dame; next to the memorial remembering the crash of a B-17.
Two boulders, one large with a smooth plaque with red lettering carved into it, the other small with red lettering carved into it. Both commemorate the Allied invasion and liberation of the town in 1944.
Monument Text:
Plaque 1
6 Aout 1944 Liberation de Saint Meloir des Ondes.
english translation:
August 6th 1944 liberation of Saint Meloir des Ondes.
Plaque 2
Reconnaissance aux combattants allies tombes sur le sol melorien.
english translation:
In thanks to the Allied soldiers who died on Melorien soil.
Commemorates:
People:
Units:
41st Bomber Squadron, 94th Bomb Group
United States Air Force
Wars:
WWII
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