4th Armored Division Monument
Details:
The center monument on the east side of the road.
A large, rough-hewn stone monument bearing the insignia of the 4th Armored Division. At the foot of the monument is a rectangular black plaque containing the commemoration message for the 36 American soldiers that were killed between August 7 to 9, 1944. The memorial was dedicated in August 2022 in a ceremony joined by the family and friends of the soldiers, the residents of Pont-Scorff, and the sponsors of the project.
On August 7, 1944, after liberating Pont-Scorff, soldiers of the 4th American Armored Division came under fire from German artillery. The same day, the German artillery of Moustoir-Flamm bombarded the field between Bivière and Ty Nenez, resulting in 20 American soldiers killed and 85 wounded, destroying 5 half-tracks, 6 jeeps, 2 trucks, and 2 armored cars, and damaging a score of other vehicles. The following days' fighting brought the number of dead to 36.
Monument Text:
On the plaque:
AUX 36 SOLDATS DE LA 4 ÉME DIVISION
BLINDÉE AMERICAINE, QUI ONT PERDU LA VIE
ENTRE LE 7 ET LE 9 AOUT 1944, POUR NOUS
PERMETTRE DE RETROUVER NOTRE LIBERTE.
LEST WE FORGET.
English translation:
TO THE 36 SOLDIERS OF THE 4TH AMERICAN
DIVISION, WHO LOST THEIR LIVES
BETWEEN AUGUST 7 AND 9, 1944, TO ALLOW US
TO REGAIN OUR FREEDOM.
LEST WE FORGET.
