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Lost Battalion Monument

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Located on the Col des Huttes in the forêt de Champ along a dirt road.

Monument
The grey stone monument with bronze plaque and embossed gold lettering in French honors the 1st Battalion of the 141st Infantry (36th Infantry Division) which was surrounded by German forces in October 1944, as well as the 442nd Regimental Combat Team which attempted to rescue them and suffered large numbers of casualties in the process. This monument was inaugurated in 1984. 

Monument Text:

ICI

SONT TOMBES HEROIQUEMENT

POUR LA LIBÉRATION

DE NOTRE SOL

LES VALEUREUX COMBATTANTS

AMÉRICAINS

DE LA 36E TEXAS DIVISION

 

 

100E BATAILLON INF. HAWAII

442E REGIMENT DE LIGNE

 

1E BATAILLON D’INFANTERIE

DU 141E RÉGIMENT DE COMBAT

 

                               OCTOBRE 1944

 

 

English translation:

 

HERE

HAVE FALLEN HEROICALLY

FOR THE LIBERATION

OF OUR LAND

THE VALIANT AMERICAN

AMERICANS

OF THE 36TH TEXAS DIVISION

 

 

100TH INF. BATTALION HAWAII

442ND COMBAT REGIMENTAL TEAM

 

1ST INFANTRY BATTALION

141ST COMBAT REGIMENT

 

                                  OCTOBER 1944

Commemorates:

Units:

100th Infantry Battalion, 442 Infantry Regiment

1st Infantry Battalion, 141st Combat Regiment

36th Infantry Division

United States Army

Wars:

WWII

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