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80th Airborne Anti-Aircraft Battalion Plaque

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Details:

This plaque is located on the painted brick wall just to the left of the entrance to the December 1944 Museum. It is located above a similar plaque dedicated to a member of the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment. Plaque This dark metal plaque features the insignia of the 82nd Airborne Division (to which the 80th Airborne Anti-Aircraft Battalion was attached) in the top left corner, Airborne Parachutist Wings in the top center, and two crossing canons with the number "80" above them in the top right corner. Between theses three symbols there is a sequence of six stars with an arrow in the middle. The English inscription on the plaque commemorates the sacrifice of the 80th Airborne Anti-Aircraft Battalion during the winter of 1944-1945.

Monument Text:

80th AIRBORNE

ANTIAIRCRAFT BATTALION

82nd ABN DIV. - U.S. ARMY

DEC. 19, 1944  -  JAN. 25, 1945

 

THIS PLAQUE IS DEDICATED TO THE

MEMORY OF OUR COMRADES-IN-ARMS

WHO FOUGHT, SHED THEIR BLOOD

AND SACRIFICED THEIR LIVES DURING

THE BATTLE OF THE ARDENNES

THROUGH THEIR EFFORTS THE PEOPLE

OF BELGIUM WERE LIBERATED

AND THEIR FREEDOM ENSURED

Commemorates:

Units:

80th Airborne Anti Aircraft Battalion

82nd Airborne Division

United States Army

Wars:

WWII

Battles:

Battle of the Bulge

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