Filthy 13 Memorial, Le Moulin

A memorial dedicated to the Filthy 13, who were a demolition platoon of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division.

TO THE MEMORY OF THE
"FILTHY 13"
101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION
506TH PARACHUTE INFANTRY REGIMENT
REGIMENTAL HEADQUARTERS COMPANY
DEMOLITION PLATOON

THE "FILTHY 13" WAS THE NICKNAME OF THE DEMOLITION PLATOON
ATTACHED TO THE 3rd Bn/506th PIR.
THE 3rd Bn SUPPORTED BY ONE PLATOON OF C. CO./326TH AIRBONE
ENGINEER BATTALION HAD TO BE DROPPED ON THE DROP ZONE "D"
SITUATED SOUTH OF VIERVILLE AND EAST OF ANGOVILLE-AU-PLAIN. THAT
FORCE HAD TO STRIKE SOUTHWARD SEIZE THE TWO BRIDGES NEAR "LE
PORT" AT THE MOUTH OF THE DOUVE RIVER AND TO ESTABLISH A
BRIDGEHEAD SOUTH OF THE RIVER. BY SEIZING THE HIGH GROUNDS IN THE
DIRECTION OF BREVANDS THE BATTALION WOULD LINK UP WITH THE
AMERICAN FORCES MOVING NORTHWARDS FROM OMAHA BEACH.