Ostheim Liberation Plaque
Details:
High on the remaining wall of the old church, on the right side.
Plaque A stone plaque with bronze lettering attached, text in French.Monument Text:
EN SOUVENIR
DES SOLDATS
AMÉRICAINS
DE LA 3EME D.I.U.S.
MORT POUR LA
LIBÉRATION
D’OSTHEIM
LES 22 ET 23 JANVIER
1945
LA COMMUNE
RECONNAISSANTE
English translation:
In memory of the American soldiers of the 3rd US Infantry Division killed in the liberation of Ostheim on 22 and 23 January 1945. The town remembers.
Commemorates:
Units:
3rd Infantry Division
United States Army
Wars:
WWII