WILLIAMSVILLE (NEW YORK)
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 : Patriots and Heroes Park, corner Freeman and Transit Roads. GPS coordinates - Coordonnées GPS - GPS-coördinaten: +42°57'09.6", -78°41'47.3" Inscription - Inscriptions - Opschriften "THIS MEMORIAL WAS INSPIRED BY ARTIST DON PARRINO AND RUSS SALVATORE'S DESIRE TO HONOR OUR COUNTRY'S SERVICE PERSONNEL AND VETERANS. DON CREATED THE WWII SCENE OF THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE TO COMPLEMENT HIS OTHER SCULPTURES IN THE PARK. THE DIORAMA SHOWS A GERMAN TANK CRASHING THROUGH A HOUSE WHILE THE TANK'S COMMANDER IS SEEN LIFTING THE HATCH ONLY TO BE MET BY A GI BEARING A BAZOOKA AIMED AT THE TANK'S TRACKS WHICH WAS THE ONLY VULNERABLE PART OF THE PANZER 4. ANOTHER GI MANS A MACHINE GUN AND RADIOS FOR HELP. A SOLDIER CARRYING HIS WOUNDED BUDDY AWAY FROM THE ACTION MEETS THE VIEWER WITH DRAMATIC REALTY. BASTOGNE, AN AMERICAN OCCUPIED TOWN, HELD OUT LONG ENOUGH FOR GENERAL PATTON TO TURN THE BATTLE IN FAVOR OF THE AMERICANS. WHEN THE AMERICANS WERE ASKED TO SURRENDER, THE NOW FAMOUS REMARK WAS REPLIED... "NUTS". DON USED NO FORMAL PLANS IN CREATING THIS SCULPTURE, INCLUDING THE TANK WHICH WAS MADE BY HAND." Ce monument ne comporte pas de noms de victimes de guerre - Er staan geen namen van oorlogsslachtoffers op dit monument |
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Photos - Foto's : Sources - Bronnen [139]; [185]; site "Waymarking"