USA - USA

WILLIAMSVILLE (NEW YORK)

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

 

 

 


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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Information panel 2016 - Panneau d'information en 2016 - Informatiebord 2016

Photos - Foto's : Sources - Bronnen [139]; [185]; site "Waymarking"