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10th Mountain Division (87th Infantry Regiment)- Po River Crossing Monument

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Details:

On the Po River levee between the town road and Levee Road.

Monument


A large obelisk about 10 feet tall with two marble inscribed plaques on each side.  The large obelisk also has a map of the attack across the river.

 

This monument remembers the 10th Mountain Division successful crossing of the Po River on April 23, 1945.  The monument is located on the levee where the 87th Infantry Regiment breached the north side of the river. The crossing lead to the building of a bridgehead followed by pursuit of the enemy to the Alps.

 

See this website  San Benedetto Po, 10th Mountain Division (1st Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment)- Po River Crossing Marker on the opposite side of the river for where this crossing attacked started. The monument also remembers two Italians who helped save the citizens of Correggio Micheli.

 

Special thanks to the The Po River WWII Museum (Museo della Seconda Guerra Mondiale del Fiume Po) in Felonica (Mantova) for assistance with this memorial.

 

Monument Text:

The text on the two plaques is written in Italian and reads:

 

Left side plaque:

 

IN QUESTO LUOGO

IL 23 APRILE 1945

GLI INTREPIDI ALPINI DEL

87 REGGIMENTO AMERICANO

10 DIVSIONE DA MONTAGNA

CONCLUSERO LA LORO

RISCHIOSA ATTRAVERSATA

E FORMAARONO QUELLA

TESTA DI PONTE CHE

CONSENTI DI SPINGERE

LA LORO AVANZATA ALTRE IL PO

FINO ALLE ALPI

 

 

 

Right Side Plaque:

 

IL COMUNE

BAGNOLO SAN.VITO

NEL 60 ANNIVERSARIO

DELLO STORICO EVENTO

CHE PORTO’ ALLA RAPIDA

FINE DELLA GUERRA

ERESSE QUESTO CIPPO

 

A RICODO DI

CAVICHINNI GIUSEPPE

E

BUZZI MARCO

CHE CON IL LOROCORAGGIOSO

INTERVENTO SALVARONO

L’ABITATO DI CORREGGIO MICHELI

DA SICURA DISTRUZIONE

 

25 APRIL 2005

 

 

The translation in English:

 

Left Side Plaque

 

 

AT THIS LOCATION

ON APRIL 23, 1945

THE INTREPID MOUNTAIN SOLDIERS

OF THE 87TH REGIMENT, 

10TH MOUNTAIN DIVISION

CONCLUDED THEIR RISKY 

RIVER CROSSING

A FORM THE 

BRIDGEHEAD

ALLOWING THE 

ADVANCE OF OTHERS OVER THE PO 

UNTIL THE ALPS

 

Right Side Plaque:

 

THE COMMUNITY OF

BAGNOLO SAN VITO

ON THE 60TH ANNIVERSARY

OF THIS HISTORIC EVENT

THAT BROUGHT A RAPID

 END OF THE WAR

PLACE THIS MONUMENT TO 

REMEMBER

 

REMEMBERING

CAVICHINNI, GIUSEPPE

AND

BUZZI, MARCO

WHO COURAGEOUSLY INTERVENED

TO SAVE THE OF THE 

TOWN OF CORREGGIO MICHELI

FROM CERTAIN DESTRUCTION

 

 

25 APRIL 2005

Commemorates:

Units:

10th Mountain Division

5th Army

87th Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division

Wars:

WWII

Battles:

Italian Campaign

Operation Craftsman

Po Valley

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