KANSAS CITY (MISSOURI)
Le général JACQUES DE DIXMUDE sur le Mémorial national américain de la Première
Guerre Mondiale
Generaal JACQUES DE DIXMUDE op het Amerikaans Nationaal Memoriaal W.O. I
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Localisation - Ligging : National World War I Museum and Memorial, Generals Wall, West Pershing Road. Musée et mémorial national de la Première Guerre Mondiale, mur des généraux, à proximité de la Henry Wolman Bloch Fountain. Nationaal Museum en Memoriaal W.O. I, muur van de generaals, West Pershing Road, vlakbij de Henry Wolman Bloch-fontein. Coordonnées GPS - GPS-coördinaten: +39°05'00.6", -94°35'06.7" Inscriptions - Opschriften "IN DEDICATION OF THIS MEMORIAL LET US PLEDGE OUR LIVES TO GOD AND COUNTRY MAY THE DEVOTION OF THOSE WHO ANSWERED THE CALL OF DUTY IN THE SUPREME CRISIS OF WAR PROVE AN ABIDING INSPIRATION TO LOYALTY AND HIGH ENDEAVOR JOHN J. PERSHING" "[Cinq bustes en haut-relief, de gauche à droite - Vijf bustes in hoogreliëf, van links naar rechts:] BEATTY - FOCH - PERSHING - DIAZ - JACQUES" "THE GLORY OF AMERICA GOES DEEPER THAN ALL THE TINSEL GOES DEEPER THAN THE SOUND OF GUNS AND THE CLASH OF SABERS IT GOES DOWN TO THE VERY FOUNDATION OF THOSE THINGS THAT HAVE MADE THE SPIRIT OF MAN FREE HAPPY AND CONTENT WOODROW WILSON" "ON THIS SPOT ON THE FIRST DAY OF NOVEMBER ONE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED TWENTY ONE DURING THE THIRD CONVENTION OF THE AMERICAN LEGION IN THE PRESENCE OF THE ASSOCIATED WAR LEADERS FERDINAND FOCH MARSHAL OF FRANCE ARMANDO DIAZ GENERAL OF THE ARMY OF ITALY EARL BEATTY ADMIRAL OF THE BRITISH FLEET BARON JACQUES LIEUTENANT GENERAL OF BELGIUM JOHN J. PERSHING GENERAL OF THE ARMIES OF THE UNITED STATES AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCES CALVIN COOLIDGE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES ARTHUR M. HYDE GOVERNOR OF MISSOURI SIXTEEN GOVERNORS OF OTHER STATES AND A VAST MULTITUDE WAS DEDICATED THE SITE OF THE LIBERTY MEMORIAL IN COMMEMORATION OF THE SERVICE AND SACRIFICE OF AMERICAN SOLDIERS, SAILORS AND CITIZENS IN THE GREAT WAR" Plus d'informations concernant ce soldat - Bijkomende informatie over deze soldaat |
Le général JACQUES est à droite - Generaal JACQUES staat rechts
De gauche à droite - Van links naar rechts: JACQUES - DIAZ - FOCH - PERSHING -
BEATTY
Sources - Bronnen : [25]; [139]; [185]; site "Waymarking"
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