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The following text can be read on the plaque at the bottom left of the front of the monument:
In appreciation to the
citizens of Clervaux
and the members of Ceba
from the grateful friends in the
US 6th Armored Division
August 1, 1994In appreciation of the citizens
of Clervaux
and the members of Ceba
of the grateful friends in the
US 6th Armored Division
August 1, 1994On the pedestal in the center is a glass plate with a border of corps emblems of the Allies who have been in Clervaux.
In the middle an English and Luxembourgish text:
To our Liberators
1944–1945
To our liberators
1944 - 1945
Si hun äis d'fraiheet
honorary law
They have given us freedom
reducedThis Luxembourgish text can be read on the plaque at the top right:
Memorial GI 1944-45
Erige par
le cercle d'etudes
sur la battaille
des Ardennes (Ceba)
and 1983The German and English text to be read on the back of the monument:
Dieses Denkmal became 1983
nach einer Idea und nach den Planen von Frank Kieffer,
Asselborn, confused lightThis memorial was built in 1983
realized according to an idea and
Frank Kieffer's design,
AsselbornSource: tracesofwar.nl/sights/374/Monument-GI-Clervaux.htm
March 18, 2023
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