Monument Details

20th AIB Aid Station Memorial

Details:

On the outside wall, to the left beside the restaurant entrance door.

Plaque The memorial is comprised of 2 plaques, a smaller plaque mounted on top of the larger plaque. The smaller plaque is inscribed in English in raised lettering while the larger plaque beneath it, is the French translation. As denoted by this memorial plaque, on the night of the 24th December 1944 during a German air-raid, the 10th Armored Division’s Aid post was hit by a German bomb that killed 34 of the wounded US servicemen inside. Renee LeMaire managed to save a few, pulling them from the burning building, unfortunately though on her final return trip inside, she never made it back out.

Monument Text:

Smaller plaque:

IN MEMORIAM

SITE OF THE AID STATION

OF THE 20TH A.I.B. 10TH

ARMORED DIVISION WHERE

OVER THIRTY U.S. WOUNDED

AND 1 VOLUNTEER BELGIAN

NURSE (RENEE LEMAIRE)

WERE INSTANTLY KILLED

BY A GERMAN BOMB

DECEMBER 24, 1944

Larger plaque:

IN MEMORIAM

EMPLACEMENT DU POSTE SECOURS

DU 20ème BATAILLON D'INFANTERIE BLINDEE

DE LA 10ème DIVISION BLINDEE

OÙ PLUS DE TRENTE BLESSES AMERICANS

ET UNE INFIRMIERE VOLONTAIRE BELGE

(RENEE LEMAIRE)

FURENT TUES PAR UNE BOMBE ALLEMANDE

LE 24 DECEMBRE 1944

Commemorates:

People:

Renée Bernadette Émilie LeMaire

Units:

10th Armored Division

20th Armored Infantry Battalion, 10th Armored Division

Wars:

WWII

Battles:

Battle of the Bulge