T/5 Sheets Memorial- 339th Infantry Regiment
Details:
30 meters from the Etruscan ruins. Marker
A white inscribed marble rectangle about 3 feet tall.
The plaque remembers Tech 5 Frank Sheets who served in the 339th “Polar Bears” Infantry Regiment of the 85th “Custer” Infantry Division. Sheets was killed near this location on October 5, 1944 during the attack on Monte Bibele.
He was remembered by his friend and fellow Custerman, Private First Class Rocco Telese, who dedicated the plaque in April 2022 with the assistance of Gotica Toscana (WW2 History group with a museum in Ponzalla- Scarperia (FI).
Monument Text:
IN MEMORY OF
T/5 FRANK SHEETS
COMPANY F
339TH INF. REGT.
85TH INF. DIV.
WHO GAVE HIS LIFE
ON OCTOBER 5, 1944
DEDICATED BY
PFC ROCCO TELESE
GOTICA TOSCANA
Commemorates:
People:
Units:
339th Infantry Regiment, 85th Infantry Division
5th Army
85th Infantry Division
Wars:
WWII
Battles:
Italian Campaign
Po Valley
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