First Service Special Force Memorial Plaque - Menton, France
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N 43° 46.542 E 007° 30.341
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This memorial plaque commemorates the action that the First Service Special Force took in the liberation of Menton in WWII.
Waymark Code: WMVNBV
Location: Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
Date Posted: 05/08/2017
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The plaque is in a small memorial garden with a number of other memorials.
The inscription on the plaque is as follows.
[FR]
LA FIRST SPECIAL SERVICE AMERICANO-CANADIENNE
LIBERA MENTON LE 8 SEPTEMBRE 1944, PRECEDANT TROIS MOIS
DE DIFFICILES COMBATS A LA FRONTIERE FRANCO-ITALIENNE
POUR SOUTENIR LE FIANC DROIT DES ARMEES ALLIEES.
AU COURS DE CES OPERATICNS POUR LA
LIBERATION, DU SUD DE LA FRANCE 66 SOLDATS
FURENT TUES ET PLUS DE 200 GRAVEMENT BLESSES.
CE MÉMORIAL LEUR EST DEDIE EN TEMOIGNAGE
DE RECONNAISSANCE ET PDUR NE PAS LES OUBLIER.
FIRST SPECIAL SERVICE FORCE
8 MAI 1995
[EN]
THE FIRST SPECIAL AMERICAN-CANADIAN SERVICE
LIBERATED MENTON ON 8 SEPTEMBER 1944, FOLLOWING THREE MONTHS
OF COMBAT DIFFICULTIES ON THE FRANCO-ITALIAN FRONTIER
IN SUPPORT OF THE ALLIED ARMIES.
IN THE COURSE OF THESE OPERATIONS FOR THE
LIBERATION OF THE SOUTH OF FRANCE 66 SOLDIERS
WERE KILLED AND MORE THAN 200 SERIOUSLY INJURED.
THIS MEMORIAL IS DEDICATED TO THEM IN TESTIMONY
OF RECOGNITION AND SO WE DO NOT FORGET THEM.
FIRST SPECIAL SERVICE FORCE
8 MAY 1995
Date of Dedication: 05/08/1995
Property Permission: Public
Location of waymark:
Place Koenig
Menton, Alpes-Mentimes France
Commemoration: Liberation of Menton by the First Special Service Force
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Access times: Not listed
Website for Waymark: Not listed
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