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17th Airborne Division - Stained Glass Window

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Details:

The lower left window in the church; to the right of the monument

Commemorative Object


A stained glass window depicting the 17th Airborne Division symbol.

 

The window remembers the 17th Airborne "Golden Talon" Division’s 194th Glider Infantry Regiment operations in this area in January 1945.  The site lies next to the 194th Glider Infantry Square on the “Chemin de la Liberte” (Freedom Trail).

 

Monument Text:

The text on the window reads:

 

17th Airborne Division

Association

 

Lower edge:

 

A LA

COMPANY C

194TH GLIDER INFANTRY

17TH AIRBORNE DIVISION

THE PARISIONERS OF HOUMONT REMEMBER (In French)

 

Commemorates:

Units:

17th Airborne Division

194th Glider Infantry Regiment, 17th Airborne Division

Wars:

WWII

Battles:

Battle of the Bulge

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