General Pratt Memorial (101st Airborne Division)
Details:
The monument on the right.
Plaque
Bronze plaque on a grey granite monument with the 101st Airborne Division Insignia.
Monument Text:
PRATT MEMORIAL
BEFORE DAWN JUNE 6, 1944, BRIGADIER GENERAL
DON F. PRATT, ASSISTANT DIVISION COMMANDER,
101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION (UNITED STATES ARMY),
WAS KILLED WHEN HIS GLIDER CRASHED 250
METRES EAST OF THIS POINT. HE WAS THE
FIRST GENERAL ALLIED FORCES OFFICER KILLED
IN THE LIBERATION OF FRANCE.
___________________
AVANT L'AUBE, LE 6 JUIN 1944, LE GENERAL DE
BRIGADE DON F. PRATT, COMMANDANT ADJOINT
DE LA 101 EME DIVISION AEROPORTEE DE L'ARMEE
DES ETATS-UNIS, A ETE TUE LORS DE L' ECRASE
MENT DE SON PLANEUR A 250 METRES A L' EST
DE CE LIEU. IL ETAIT LE PREMIER OFFICIER
GENERAL DES FORCES ALLIEES A DONNER SA VIE
POUR LA LIBERATION DE LA FRANCE.
Commemorates:
People:
Units:
101st Airborne Division
United States Air Force
Wars:
WWII
Battles:
Normandy Invasion
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