Monument Details

Lapalud Liberation Plaque

Details:

Affixed on the wall to the left of the entrance door of the town hall.

Plaque

A blue metal plaque, inscribed in French and English text in white lettering. It also features the town location on a map and has the printed images of the Lapalud coat of arms, crossed flags of the Union Jack and the US, and the 3rd Division insignia. The plaque commemorates the town liberation on August 26, 1944 by the 3^rd Infantry US Division and was dedicated on the 70th anniversary of the town's liberation.

Monument Text:

70 ^ème ANNIVERSAIRE

DE LA LIBÉRATION DE LAPALUD

Lapalud a été libérée

le 26 août 1944

par les soldats

de la 3ème Division

d'Infanterie de

l'Armée américaine,

au cours de la

seconde guerre mondiale

THE SOLDIERS OF THE

3D INFANTRY DIVISION,

US ARMY, LIBERATED

LAPALUD

26 AUGUST 1944

DURING

WORLD WAR II

Le 26 Août 2014

DEDICATED ON 26 August 2014

ROCK OF THE MARNE!

EMPLACED AT REQUEST OF

OP 5845 SOCIETY OF THE

3D INFANTRY DIVISION

Commemorates:

Units:

3rd Infantry Division

United States Army

Wars:

WWII