General Pratt Memorial
A memorial to general Pratt who was the highest ranking Allied office killed on D-Day during the invasion of Normandy.
He was killed when the glider he was flying in landed on wet grass which caused the glider to skid overrunning the landing zone and crashing into a row of trees.
PRATT MEMORIAL
BEFORE DAWN JUNE 6, 1944 BRIGADIER GENERAL
DON F.PRATT ASSISTANT DIVISION COMMANDER,
101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION (UNITED STATES ARMY),
WAS KILLED WHEN HIS GLIDER CRASHED 250
METERS EAST OF THIS POINT. HE WAS THE
FIRST GENERAL ALLIED FORCES OFFICER KILLED
IN THE LIBERATION OF FRANCE.
There is also a second memorial on the site to the people who made the General Pratt Memorial a reality.
IN MEMORY OF THE MEN WHO MADE THE GENERAL PRATT
MEMORIAL A REALITY.
DENNIS M.PARSONS
327TH GLIDER INFANTRY REGIMENT
ADOLPHE G. (AG) GUEYMARD
81ST AIRBORNE ANTI-AIRCRAFT / ANTI-TANK BATTALION
101ST AIRBORN DIVISION
"SCREAMING EAGLES"
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Location
| Longitude: | -1.27354 |
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| Latitude: | 49.36564 |
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