USA - USA

ROCHESTER (NEW YORK)

Battle of the Bulge Memorial
Mémorial de la Bataille des Ardennes
Memoriaal van de Slag om de Ardennen

 

 

 


Localisation - Ligging: Ontario Beach Park, 50 Beach Avenue.

Coordonnées GPS - GPS-coördinaten: +43°15'29.9", -77°36'30.1"

Inscriptions - Opschriften

"[Logo "VETERANS OF THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE - ARDENNES"]

BATTLE OF THE BULGE
WORLD WAR II

THIS MEMORIAL IS DEDICATED TO THE
SOLDIERS WHO FOUGHT IN THE
BLOODIEST BATTLE WAGED BY THE
AMERICAN ARMY IN WORLD WAR II.

THE ARDENNES CAMPAIGN WAS FOUGHT
IN BELGIUM AND LUXEMBOURG
DECEMBER 16, 1944 - JANUARY 25, 1945
FORCING THE GERMAN ARMY BACK INTO
GERMANY AND LEADING THE WAY FOR
VICTORY IN EUROPE IN MAY, 1945.
600,000 AMERICAN SOLDIERS
FOUGHT IN BITTER COLD AND SNOW.
19,000 WERE KILLED AND MORE THAN
62,000 WERE WOUNDED, CAPTURED
OR MISSING IN ACTION.

PRESENTED BY THEIR SURVIVING COMRADES
GENESEE VALLEY CHAPTER
VETERANS OF THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE.

"THIS IS UNDOUBTEDLY THE GREATEST AMERICAN
BATTLE OF THE WAR, AND WILL, I BELIEVE, BE
REGARDED AS AN EVER FAMOUS AMERICAN VICTORY."
 WINSTON CHURCHILL "

Ce monument ne comporte pas de noms de victimes de guerre - Er staan geen namen van oorlogsslachtoffers op dit monument
 





Photos - Foto's : The Historical Marker Database