101st Airborne Division Memorial, Carentan

A memorial to the 101st Airborne Division in Carentan located next to the city hall.

ICI

L'HEROISME DES
FORCES ALLIEES
LIBERE L'EUROPE

LE 12 JUIN 1944
LA 101D DIVISION
AEROPORTEE OUVRE
LA GLORIEUSE ROUTE
DE LA VICTOIRE

Which translates to:

RIGHT HERE

THE HEROISM OF
ALLIED FORCES
FREED EUROPE

THE 12 JUNE 1944
THE 101th DIVISION
AIRBORNE OPENS
GLORIOUS ROAD
TO VICTORY

CARENTAN

THIS MAJOR TOWN OF THE CHERBOURG PENINSULA, A KEY OBJECTIVE OF
THE NORMANDY INVASION, WAS LIBERATED BY THE 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION
ON THE 12TH OF JUNE, 1944
THIS MEMORIAL PLAQUE IS PLACED HERE IN HONOR OF THOSE "SCREAMING EAGLES"
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE CAMPAIGN, AND AS A TOKEN OF
CONTINUING ESTEEM AND FRIENDSHIP FOR THE PEOPLE OF FRANCE.
PLACED BY
COMRADES OF THE 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION ASSOCIATION

PARTICIPATING UNITS IN THE NORMANDY CAMPAIGN


101ST ABN DIV HQS & HQS CO
101ST ABN DIV MP PLTN
101ST ABN RECON PLTN
101ST ABN SIG CO
81ST ABN AA BN
326TH ABN ENGR BN
326TH ABN MED CO
426TH ABN QM CO
801ST ABN ORD CO

327TH GLI INF REGT
1ST BN 401ST GLI INF REGT
501ST PRCHT INF REGT
502ND PRCHT INF REGT
506TH PRCHT INF REGT
101ST ABN DIV ARTY HQS & HQS BTRY
321ST GLI FA BN
377TH PRCHT FA BN
907TH GLI FA BN