Localisation - Ligging: Military Honor Park,
4300 Terminal Drive;
Coordonnées GPS - GPS-coördinaten:
+41°41'53.4", -86°18'35.4"
Inscriptions - Opschriften
Face avant - Voorkant
"[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
DONATED BY
MR GEZA CSAPO
VETERAN OF THE
BATTLE OF THE BULGE
AND BELOVED SISTER OLGA CSAPO
THE SIEGE OF BASTOGNE... GENERAL MCAULIFFE. "NUTS!" "
Face arrière - Achterkant
"BATTLE OF THE
BULGE
A
TRIUMPH
OF
COURAGE
WORLD WAR II
DECEMBER 16 1944
JANUARY 25 1945
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
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