Garand Picture of the day #123- Two National Heros

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http://www.audiemurphy.com/holtzwihr4.htm

IN MEMORY

THIS MEMORIAL IS DEDICATED
TO THE S0LDIERS OF THE 3RD D.I.U.S.1
AND THE CC42
UNDER THE COMMAND OF THE 1ST FRENCH ARMY
WHO LIBERATED HOLTZWIHR ON THE 27 JANUARY 1945
AFTER BLOODY COMBAT UNDER MOST TRYING CONDITIONS.

IT REPRESENTS THE HEROIC ACT THAT
LIEUTENANT AUDIE L. MURPHY
OF THE 15TH R.I.U.S.3
ACHIEVED AT THIS SITE ON 26 JANUARY 1945,
IN ORDER TO PUSH BACK AN ENEMY COUNTERATTACK.
FOR THIS ACTION HE WAS DECORATED
WITH THE HIGHEST AMERICAN
AND FRENCH HONORS.

VISITOR, RESPECT THIS MEMORIAL
AND FORGET NOT THAT THESE SOLDIERS HAVE DIED
SO THAT YOU LIVE FREE.

HOLTZWIHR, 29 JANUARY 2000