363rd Infantry Regiment, 91st Infantry Division Statue
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Details:
Upon entering the Florence ABMC pass the cemetery offices and statue is located to the left prior to entering the before the burial section along the road.
A beautiful white marble statue about 6 feet tall mounted on a marble inscribed pedestal.
The statue remembers the hard-fighting soldiers of the 363rd Infantry Regiment, 91st Infantry Division (Powder River) as they fought through the Gothic Line near the Giogo Pass in 1944. This statue was part of the 363rdInfantry Regiment located in Ponzalla and moved to this location in the 1969.
See this website, Site Ponzalla; 363rd Infantry Regiment Memorial for more on this statue. A small piece of sculpted artwork was placed in its place at the memorial location.
Monument Text:
THIS FIGURE WAS FORMERLY PART
OF A MONUMENT
ERECTED NEAR SCARPERIA BY THE
363RD INFANTRY REGIMENT 91ST DIVISION
TO HONOR THE MEMORY OF
THEIR FALLEN COMRADES
AND TO COMMEMORATE
ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE REGIMENT
IN WORLD WAR II
Commemorates:
People:
Units:
363rd Infantry Regiment, 91st Infantry Division
5th Army
91st Infantry Division
Wars:
WWII
Battles:
Gothic Line
Italian Campaign
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