29th Infantry Division Memorial
A memorial to the 29th Infantry Division who stormed Omaha Beach on the 6th June 1944.
The memorial is located between the D517 and Rue de la Mer a few hundred meters from the beach.
29th INFANTRY DIVISION
UNITED STATES ARMY
WORLD WAR II
FROM NORTH AND SOUTH IN OUR LAND
WE CAME THAT FREEDOM MIGHT PREVAIL.
ON D-DAY, 6 JUNE 1944, IN THE GREAT
ALLIED AMPHIBIOUS ASSAULT, THE 29TH
INFANTRY DIVISION STORMED ASHORE ON
OMAHA BEACH TO WIN A BEACHHEAD.
SLEEP COMRADES, FOREVER YOUNG, WE SALUTE YOU.
REMEMBER US
6 JUNE 1944
ON THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF D-DAY, WE REDEDICATE
THIS HALLOWED GROUND TO OUR FALLEN COMRADES
ERECTED WITH DONATIONS FROM OUR MEMBERS, THE
TOWN VIERVILLE-SUR-MER AND THE STATES OF
MARYLAND AND VIRGINIA.
29TH DIVISION ASSOCIATION
