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US Army Memorial Stone in Weltenburg

US Army Memorial Stone in Weltenburg

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US Army Memorial Stone in Weltenburg

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Location: Altmühltal, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany

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1. Weltenburg Abbey – Hall of Liberation, Kelheim loop from Weltenburg

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2. Weltenburg Abbey – Danube Gorge Weltenburg loop from Stausacker

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3. View of Weltenburg Abbey – Weltenburg Abbey loop from Stausacker

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🕊️Hannelore 🥾⛰️

October 29, 2021

The stone reminds of soldiers who lost their lives here in the Danube!

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Markus-Currentless⚡

June 21, 2020

"In memory of three US Army soldiers who had an accident at this point in the Danube on September 16, 1975. They died while fighting for our freedom.

During a pioneering exercise on the Danube on September 16, 1975, the RK Stuttgart-Vaihingen rescued three US soldiers who had drowned during a US maneuver from the Danube near Weltenburg Monastery. The memorial erected for these soldiers on Asamstrasse in Weltenburg is visited and maintained at regular intervals by the reservists.

Klaus Hesslinger, who was involved in rescuing the victims, remembers what happened at the time and reports: “We came down from Ingolstadt as pioneers with three inflatable boats on the Danube and had the intention of sailing to Regensburg. The Americans had an exercise involving crossing the Danube the day before. We do not know the exact time of the accident - when and how the soldiers drowned. In the afternoon we arrived at Weltenburg and it was

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Börnie

May 18, 2021

Nice memory of a tragic accident. Take care when bathing in rivers.

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Location: Altmühltal, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany

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US Army Memorial Stone in Weltenburg

1. Weltenburg Abbey – Hall of Liberation, Kelheim loop from Weltenburg

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