Monument 93rd Bombardment Group (Heavy)

De volgende tekst staat op het monument gegraveerd:

93rd BOMBARDMENT GROUP (HEAVY)
328TH. 329TH. 330TH AND 409TH BOMBARDMENT SQUADRONS
AND ATTACHED UNITS
20TH COMBAT WING SECOND AIR DIVISION
8TH UNITED STATES ARMY AIR FORCE

FROM THIS AIRFIELD AND OTHERS IN ENGLAND AND NORTH AFRICA. THE 93RD GROUP FLEW A TOTAL OF 391 COMBAT MISSIONS IN SUPPORT OF THE ALLIED WAR EFFORT DURING WORLD WAR II. THESE MISSIONS WERE FLOWN FROM 9 OCTOBER 1942 UNTIL APRIL 1945.

THIS MONUMENT IS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF THOSE LOST IN THE WAR AND TO THE SURVIVORS WHO HELPED ACHIEVE ULTIMATE PEACE AND VICTORY.

TWO MEDALS OF HONOR
TWO PRESIDENTAL UNIT CITATIONS: NORTH AFRICA AND PLOESTI
BATTLES AND CAMPAIGNS
AMERICAN THEATER*ANTISUBMARINE ATO*AIR COMBAT-EAME THEATER*AIR OFFENSIVE-EUROPE*ANTOSUBMARINE-ETO*EGYPT-LIYBIA*PLOESTI* TUNISIA*NAPELS-FOGGIA*SICILIY*NORMANDY*NORTHERN FRANCE*RHINELAND*ARDENNES-ALSACE*CENTRAL EUROPE.

DEDICATED 25 MAY 1987

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• Tekst: Arjan Vrieze
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