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Yankee Division Church

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Details:

The church is across from the cemetery. Commemorative Object


During the battle in the town of Belleau, the town church was destroyed by fires from the 26th Division .  After the war, the veterans of the Division raised money to rebuild the church as a memorial to their fallen comrades.  

Monument Text:

Text above the entrance door:

CETTE EGLISE DETRUITE
DURANT LA GUERRE MONDIALE
A ETE RECONSTRUITE PAR LES VETERANS
DE LA XXVIe DIVISION
DU CORPS EXPEDITIONNAIRE AMERICAIN
EN MEMOIRE DE LEURS CAMARADES
QUI SONT TOMBES SUR LE SOL DE FRANCE
EN COMBATTANT POUR LA CAUSE COMMUNE

English Translation:
This church was destroyed 
During the World War
And was rebuilt by the veterans
Of the 26th Division
The American Expeditionary Corps
In memory of their comrades
Who fell on the soil of France
while fighting for the common cause

Commemorates:

Units:

26th Infantry Division

American Expeditionary Forces (AEF)

Wars:

WWI

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