Unknown Soldiers Memorial- Hill 120
Details:
Between the Japanese War memorial and the Hill 120 Memorial. Monument
A concrete memorial fashioned as a grave with an inscription on the upright portion.
The memorial remembers the fallen American soldiers who died liberating the Philippines from the enemy in World War 2. Units of the 96th Infantry "Deadeye" Division came ashore near here on "Blue Beach" during the Leyte Landings in October 1944.
Monument Text:
The text on the upright stone reads:
In grateful memory of the unknown American soldiers who with untold magnanimity and valiance fought and paid the supreme sacrifice on this foreign shore to liberate a people foreign to them.
Commemorates:
Units:
6th US Army
96th Infantry Division
South West Pacific Area (Command)
United States Army
Wars:
WWII
Battles:
Leyte (1944-1945)
Musketeer III (Operations Love and Mike)
Pacific Theater
Philippines Campaign (1944–1945)
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