10th Mountain Division (87th Infantry Regiment)- Po River Crossing Monument
Details:
On the Po River levee between the town road and Levee Road.
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