FORT INDIANTOWN GAP (PENNSYLVANIA)
Battle of the Bulge Memorial
Mémorial de la Bataille des Ardennes
Memoriaal van de Slag om de Ardennen
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Location - Localisation - Ligging: Intersection of Fisher Avenue and Clement Avenue. GPS coordinates - Coordonnées GPS - GPS-coördinaten: +40°25'55.1", -76°34'12.3" Inscription - Inscriptions - Opschriften "[Logo "VETERANS OF THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE - ARDENNES"] THE WORLD WAR II FEDERATION PROUDLY DEDICATES THIS MONUMENT TO THE SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND AMERICAN MEN AND WOMEN WHO, IN WORLD WAR II FOUGHT THREE GERMAN ARMIES IN THE ARDENNES FOREST OF BELGIUM AND LUXEMBOURG AND WON THE LARGEST LAND BATTLE EVER FOUGHT BY THE U.S. ARMY. IN THE SNOW AND SLEET OF THE BITTER WINTER OF 1944-1945 THEY TURNED AN APPARENT DEFEAT INTO WHAT THE BRITISH PRIME MINISTER WINSTON CHURCHILL CALLED "AN EVER FAMOUS AMERICAN VICTORY" THE VETERANS OF THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE A TRIUMPH OF COURAGE JANUARY 29, 1999 DECEMBER 16, 1944 - JANUARY 25, 1945" Inauguration - Inauguration - Inhuldiging : 29 January / janvier / januari 1999. Ce monument ne comporte pas de noms de victimes de guerre - Er staan geen namen van oorlogsslachtoffers op dit monument |
Photos - Foto's : Sources - Bronnen [139], [185]