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1st Armored Division (4th Tank Battalion) Memorial Park

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Details:

The information sign is by the foot entrance to the children’s park.

Commemorative Object

A metal sign attached to a pole about 6 feet high; the sign is about 3x3 feet.

 

The plaque remembers three US soldiers of the 1st Armored Division who were killed while liberating the community of Cadelbosco di Sopra.  The three soldiers served in the 4th Tank Battalion, Combat Command B of the 1st Armored Division.  

 

The soldiers included:

 

1st Lieutenant Edward Golden

Private John A. Hanlon

Private Alvin Bershad

 

A marker in Cadelbosco di Sotto marks the location where LT Edward Golden fell in combat.  (She this website, Site Cadelbosco di Sotto, Memorial: LT Edward Golden, 1st Armored Division, for more information)

 

The park was dedicated in 2018.



Monument Text:

The text is written in Italian and reads: 

 

1st ARMORED DIVISION                                          4TH TANK BATTALION

 

 {1ST ARMORED DIVISION SYMBOL)

 

L’ A.N.P.I. e L’Amministrazione Communale

Offrono in Memoria di:

 

1st LT EDWARD F. GOLDEN Jr.

dal Missouiri, anni 26

 

Caduto il 24 Aprile 1945

Per liberare Cadelbosco

Dall’ oppressore Nazi-Fascista

Insieme ai suoi soldati

 

Pvt JOHN A HANLON

Da New York, anni 21

 

Pvt ALVIN BERSHAD

Dalla Pennsylvania, anni 19

 

 

Translation in English:

 

1st ARMORED DIVISION                                          4TH TANK BATTALION

 

 {1ST ARMORED DIVISION SYMBOL)

 

National Association of Partisans and the Community

Offer in the memory of:

 

1st LT EDWARD F. GOLDEN Jr.

of Missouri, Age 26

 

Pvt JOHN A HANLON

of New York, age 21

 

Pvt ALVIN BERSHAD

of Pennsylvania, age 19



 

Commemorates:

People:

Alvin Bershad

Edward F. Jr. Golden

John A.  Hanlon

Units:

1st Armored Division

1st Armored Division- Combat Command B

4th Tank Battalion, 1st Armored Division

5th Army

Wars:

WWII

Battles:

Italian Campaign

Po Valley

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