Moselle Crossing - 36th Infantry Division
Details:
Directly at the switchback in the road on the west bank of the Moselle.
Marker
A stylized stone stele with the 36th Division insignia on top, the US flag next down, then three GI heads, some waves, and the French and English text inscribed in the bottom. Inaugurated on 21 September 1991.
Monument Text:
EN SOUVENIR DU FRANCHISSEMENT
DE LA MOSELLE PAR LE 141e REGIMENT
DE LA 26e DIVISION D'INFANTRIE
AMERICAINE LE 21-9-1944.
AUX VALEUREUX COMBATTANTS
AMERICANS, MERCI.
21 SEPTEMBRE 1991
IN MEMORY OF THE CROSSING OF
THE MOSELLE RIVER BY THE 141ST
REGIMENT, 36th INFANTRY DIVISION
ON 21 SEPTEMBER 1944.
THANKS TO THE VALOROUS
AMERICAN COMBATTANTS.
21 SEPTEMBER 1991
Commemorates:
Units:
141st Infantry Regiment
36th Infantry Division
United States Army
Wars:
WWII
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