Captain Roger Wietzel French Earth Monument
A memorial commemorating the location Captain Roger Wietzel took French Earth for General De Gaulle.
Captain Roger Wietzel commanded the retired battleship Courbet which had been stripped of anything useful having been previously used for target practice. It was towed to Normandy where it was scuttled on the 9th June 1944 to form part of the Gooseberry breakwater
LE 9 JUIN 1944
A CET EMPLACEMENT FUT PRELEVE
DE LA TERRE DE FRANCE POUR LE
GENERAL DE GAULLE PAR LE CAPITANE
DE VAISSEAU ROGER WIETZEL
COMMANDANT LECUIRASSE COURBET
Translates to:
THE 9 JUIN 1944
EARTH FROM FRANCE
WAS TAKEN FROM THIS LOCATION
FOR GENERAL DE GAULLE BY CAPTAIN
ROGER WIETZEL
COMMANDER LECUIRASSE COURBET
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Location
| Longitude: | -0.296402 |
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| Latitude: | 49.293333 |
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