The marker is located on the far side of the square (piazza) under the flagpoles adjacent to the town memorial to the dead of World War 2.

Marker

The marker is a marble plaque with etched writing about 2.5 feet by 5 feet long.

In December 1943, the 36thInfantry Division (Texas Division) was assigned the mission to take the town of San Pietro Infine, which was a key part of the German Bernard (or Reinhardt) defensive line. Taking the town would allow the Fifth Army to move to Cassino and enter the Liri Valley – the valley to take Rome. The German defenses were strong and the battle very hard. The famous movie director, John Huston, a US Army Signal Officer at the time, memorialized the battle in the 1944 film, “The Battle of San Pietro”.

The text of on the marker is written in English; the 36^thInfantry Division symbol is also etched into the stone.  The text reads:

DEDICATED TO THE SOLDIERS WHO CAME TO THE AID

OF OUR COUNTRY AND OUR HOME

THE 36^TH(TEXAS) INFANTRY DIVISION (REINFORCED)

WHO FOUGHT AND DIED FOR OUR FREEDOM

“THE NAME OF SAN PIETRO WILL BE REMEMBERED IN

MILITARY HISTORY. WE PICKED OUR WAY

THROUGH FIELDS RIPPED BY MORTARS AND SHELLS

AND THE STILL BODIES OF DOUGHBOYS WHO FELL

IN THE BLOODY, SAVAGE FIGHTING….. [IN] THIS GRAY

LITTLE TOWN OVERLOOKING THE VALLEY APPROACHES 

TO CASSINO. THE SOLDIERS CALL IT DEATH VALLEY

BECAUSE DEATH WAS ON THE RAMPAGE FOR FORTY EIGHT 

HOURS  AS THEY STORMED ENEMY FORTRESS RINGED

BY ENEMY FORTIFICATIONS, DUG INTO TERRACED SLOPES

COMMANDING THE LIRI VALLEY”