Tillet and Pirompré, Belgium - Plaque Dedication - June, 1996
of the 87th Infantry Division plaques, June 1996.
Mr. John McAuliffe; M-347 - contributed most of the pictures in this gallery as well as all the others on this site.
He is most interested in anyone's comments, memories, or general thoughts.
Just click "comment" at bottom left of this gallery page.
Also
For info on 87th Infantry Division Association:
http://www.87thinfantrydivision.com
Gilbert Stevenot - Belgium - who served in the Headquarters
of the XIIth Army Group of General Bradley.
Mr. Stevenot sent the 87th this wonderful comment:
...I was the main coordinator of the officers' club Corlux to erect a momument in Pirompré and plaques in Tillet, Bonnerue, Moicy and St-Hubert,
where the men of the division have fought bloody fights to put out of action the tenacious German Army, through the hilly and dense forests of the Ardennes, on their way to liberate the besieged Nuts City.
All those monuments in the Ardennes, in Quincy or elswhere in the States, represent a great link to the past and to those who serve today in the world to bring peace to oppressed people.
As a former interpreter at the 12th Army Group,
I am proud of what I have done during the war and since the end of it,
and the pleasure to meet again the friends of the past.
I will never forget what they have done to liberate my country.
God bless America.
Steve
This picture taken - Bastogne - December - 2005
Photo submitted by:
John McAuliffe, M-347
- No Comments