40th Engineer Combat Regiment Plaques
Details:
On the east side of the road.
Plaque
Two commemorative plaques that are written in French commemorating the U.S. soldiers. The right plaque focuses on the 40th Engineer Combat Regiment and lists 3 names while the left plaque remembers the liberation of Vence and lists the names of the victims of the Nazis and mentions 4 American soldiers killed during the liberation.
The 40th Engineer Combat Regiment was attached to the 1st Airborne Task Force and to the 45th Infantry Division during the landings of Operation Anvil Dragoon.
Source of photos: monumentsmorts.univ-lille.fr
Monument Text:
Right plaque:
SOLDATS DE L ARMÉE AMERICAINE
DU
40th ENGINEER COMBAT REGIMENT
DE LA
TASK FORCE
S/sg ROSE Burnell (KIA)
PFC GREEN Louis (KIA)
PVT KAASTAD Olav (DOW)
Inaugurée le 27 août 2013
par Regis LEBIGRE Maire de VENCE
English translation:
AMERICAN ARMY SOLDIERS
FROM
40th ENGINEER COMBAT REGIMENT
OF THE
TASK FORCE
S/sg ROSE Burnell (KIA)
PFC GREEN Louis (KIA)
PVT KAASTAD Olav (DOW)
Inaugurated on August 27, 2013
by Regis LEBIGRE Mayor of VENCE
Left plaque:
MOUVEMENT COMBAT
A LA MEMOIRE DES VICTIMES DES MINES NAZIS
LE 27 - 28 - 29 AOUT 1944 AU MOMENT DE LA
LIBERATION DE VENCE PAR LES TROUPES ALLIEES
ONT TROUVE LA MORT EN CE LIEU
4 SOLDATS DE L'ARMEE AMERICAINE
MORTS EN SERVICE COMMANDE
PASSANT REGARDE ET SOUVIENS TOI
GLOIRE A CES MORTS ET VIVE LA FRANCE
English translation:
COMBAT MOVEMENT
IN MEMORY OF THE VICTIMS OF NAZI MINES
ON AUGUST 27 - 28 - 29, 1944 AT THE TIME OF THE
LIBERATION OF VENCE BY ALLIED TROOPS
DIED IN THIS PLACE
4 SOLDIERS OF THE AMERICAN ARMY
KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY
PASSER-BY LOOK AND REMEMBER
GLORY TO THESE DEAD AND LONG LIVE FRANCE
Commemorates:
People:
Units:
1st Airborne Task Force
40th Engineer Combat Regiment
45th Infantry Division
United States Army
Wars:
WWII
Battles:
Operation Anvil Dragoon
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