Gedenkteken 467th AAA Weapons Battalion
Route du Ruquet, Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer
Normandie, Frankrijk

Deze plaquette is aangebracht op kazemat ‘Ruquet’ en herdenkt de Anti-aircraft Automatic Weapons Battalion, dat strijd zag tijdens D-day, op 6 juni 1944. Op de plaquette staat de volgende tekst: [i]"THIS MARKER COMMEMORATES THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE 467TH ANT-AIRCRAFT ARTILLERY AUTOMATIC WEAPONS BATTALION WHO LANDED ON THE BEACH ON THE MORNING OF JUNE 6, 1944. THE BATTALION SUFFERED HEAVY CASUALTIES IN THE NEUTRALIZATION OF THE ENEMY BUNKERS GUARDING THE BEACH. A SPECIAL RECOGNITION IS MADE TO THOSE WERE KILLED OR WOUNDED DURING THIS AND LATER CAMPAIGNS INTO WESTERN EUROPE. MAY THEIR DEEDS NEVER BE FORGOTTEN, DEDICATED BY THE SURVIVING MEMBERS OF THE BATTALION. JUNE 6, 1944."[/i] [i]"PAX VOBISCUM"[/i]
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