Cantigny ABMC monument

Autor:

American Battle Monuments Commission

Credit:

http://www.abmc.gov/images/cy2w.jpg

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Opis:

The Cantigny Memorial was dedicated on 9 August 1937. On the side of the memorial appears the inscription :

ERECTED BY THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO COMMEMORATE THE FIRST ATTACK BY AN AMERICAN DIVISION IN THE WORLD WAR.

On the side of the memorial appears the inscription: THE FIRST DIVISION UNITED STATES ARMY OPERATING UNDER THE X FRENCH CORPS CAPTURED THE TOWN OF CANTIGNY ON MAY 28 1918 AND HELD IT AGAINST NUMEROUS COUNTERATTACKS.

French translations of these inscriptions appears on opposite sides of the monument.

Licencja:

Public domain