104th Regiment Infantry Memorial - Westfield, MA
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The 104th Regiment Infantry Memorial is located at Apremont Park on Route 202 in Westfield, MA
Waymark Code: WMHRRV
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 08/10/2013
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A 5' high granite tablet was erected in the memory of all those who served in 104th Regiment Infantry during World War II. The 104th was a highly decorated unit. The received the highest honor the French can bestow on an American unit, the Croix de Guerre, for their valor during the Battle of the Bulge.
A nearby plaque is inscribed:
THE 104TH INFANTRY
A VALOUROUS REGIMENT. WAS THE DECISIVE ELEMENT IN THE
ATTACK LAUNCHED FROM 8TH OF NOVEMBER TO THE 11TH OF
DECEMBER 1944 IN LORRAINE. ON THE 8TH DECEMBER 1944
SMASHED A SYSTEM OF FORTS OF THE MAGINOT LINE THUS LIBERATING THE
LAST PARCEL OF FRENCH TERRITORY THEN HELD BY THE ENEMY INFLICTING
HEAVY CASUALTIES. 1428 PRISONERS, 3000 WOUNDED AND 700 KILLED.
PARIS, 3 NOVEMBER 1945 DE GAULLE
The tablet has an incised image of an M1 rifle with its bayonet pressed into the ground. A helmet rests on the butt of the rifle and the following inscriptions:
1941 - 1945
FORTITUDE
ET
COURAGE
LA
BATAILLE
EST
FINIS
On the base is inscribed:
IN HONOR AND MEMORY OF ALL WHO SERVED IN THE
104TH INFANTRY REGIMENT DURING WORLD WAR II
The back has the coat of arms of the 104th Infantry regiment and the inscription:
ERECTED BY THE 104TH INFANTRY REGIMENT VETERANS ASSOCIATION.