EUSTIS (FLORIDA)
Battle of the Bulge Memorial
Mémorial de la Bataille des Ardennes
Memoriaal van de Slag om de Ardennen
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Localisation - Ligging: Ferran Park, Veterans Memorial Plaza. Coordonnées GPS - GPS-coördinaten: +28°51.271',-81°41.204' Inscriptions - Opschriften "IN MEMORY OF THE SOLDIERS AND ARMY NURSES FROM THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE AREA WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE, 16 DECEMBER 1944 THROUGH 25 JANUARY 1945 IN BELGIUM AND LUXEMBOURG. THIS MAJOR CONFLICT WITH THE GERMAN ARMIES IS REGARDED AS THE GREATEST BATTLE EVER FOUGHT BY THE UNITED STATES ARMY. VICTORY WAS ACHIEVED AT THE COST OF 80,987 AMERICAN CASUALTIES INCLUDING 19,485 KILLED. DEDICATED BY THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE CHAPTER 48 VETERANS OF THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE VETERAN'S DAY — NOVEMBER 11, 2008" Inauguration - Inhuldiging : 11 novembre / november 2008 (by Golden Triangle Chapter 48, Veterans of the Battle of the Bulge). Ce monument ne comporte pas de noms de victimes de guerre - Er staan geen namen van oorlogsslachtoffers op dit monument |
Photos - Foto's : Cosmos Mariner (HMdb.org, the Historical Marker Database)