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B-24 'Rough Buddy' (42-95390 ) & Liberation Plaque

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On the western roadside of the Rue du Heyde.

Monument
A rough-hewn vertical stone slab bearing two plaques with a third one at its feet, all commemorating allied servicemen that died in the area during WWII and the town's liberation.

Monument Text:

Top Plaque:

 

Libere le 24 Novembre 1944 par les soldats de la 3e Division d'Infanterie de l'Armee americaine dans la bataille d'Alsace au cours de la 2e guerre mondiale

Plaque commemorative inauguree le: 01/02/2010

______________________________________________________

LIBERATED BY THE SOLDIERS OF THE 3rd

INFANTRY DIVISION ON 24 NOVEMBER 1944 DURING

THE BATTLE TO LIBERATE ALSACE IN WWII

Commemorative plaque inaugurated on: 01/02/2010

THE ROCK OF THE MARNE!

 

 

Middle Plaque:

 

DANS NOTRE COMMUNE SONT TOMBES

POUR DEFENDRE LA LIBERTE

19 AVIATEURS

 

FRANCAIS

LE 21.12.1939

ADRIEN MARCEL VERON

HENRI FRANCOIS LE SAOUT

JEAN MELOT

 

AMERICAINS

LE 10.9.1944

CLARENCE D. LLOYD

JOHN M. BARKSDALE

JOHN L. CUSHING

GEORGE R. MELLOTT

RAY B. EGE

GUNTER W. SCHILLING

RODERICK MELLGREN

WILSON M. BROCKMAN

GERALD J. MILLER

 

ANGLAIS

LE 4.12.1944

MICHAEL JOSEPH LOVETT

NORMAN LESLIE TERRETDAY

ALBERT FREDERIC LANGSTONE

JOHN BENEDICT MALONEY

ALLAN KEITH JENKINS

JACK WOOD THORNE

JOHN WYPER

 

 

English translation:

 

19 aviators died over our community for its freedom

 

Frenchmen on 12.21.1939

 

Americans on 9.10.1944

 

English on 4.12.1944

 

 

Bottom Plaque:

 

En souvenir de la famille Lloyd

 

English translation:

 

 

In memory of the Lloyd family

Commemorates:

People:

John M. Barksdale

Wilson Murray Brockman

John Lenice Cushing

Ray B. Ege

Clarence B. Lloyd

Roderick Mellgren

George R.  Mellott

Gerald J. Miller

Gunter Waldemar Schilling

Units:

3rd Infantry Division

707th Bomber Squadron, 446th Bomb Group

8th Air Force

United States Air Force

Wars:

WWII

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