Here is another article the village historian sent to @robert_zubrin.
FOUR AMERICANS DIE FOR CHELLES
On August 26, 1944, American troops, aided by the local resistance, entered Chelles to drive out the Occupiers.
FOUR AMERICANS DIE FOR CHELLES
On August 26, 1944, American troops, aided by the local resistance, entered Chelles to drive out the Occupiers.
It was the Eighth Infantry Regiment, reinforced by the 70th Tank Battalion, that liberated the village in the middle of the afternoon.
Here, in the evening, the tanks passed the Madeleine roundabout and sped on toward Pin on the CD34.
Here, in the evening, the tanks passed the Madeleine roundabout and sped on toward Pin on the CD34.
A GERMAN CANON LIES IN AMBUSH
The German Army had placed an 88 mm canon in the woods of Chantereine. The first Sherman Tank is hit, crosses the road, and catches fire at the corner of the airfield.
The German Army had placed an 88 mm canon in the woods of Chantereine. The first Sherman Tank is hit, crosses the road, and catches fire at the corner of the airfield.
The commander of the Tank Brigade, Harry Schneider, 30, and his two soldiers Elmer Ackermann, 19, and Charles Frontuto, 28, burned to death.
A second tank was hit and the commander of the tank, Sargeant George Dudley, 37, was killed near the new roundabout on the CD34,
A second tank was hit and the commander of the tank, Sargeant George Dudley, 37, was killed near the new roundabout on the CD34,
which was built to serve the Tuileries zone, near the Telephone Central (at the crossing of Claye and Tuilerie Avenues).
A HEADSTONE IN HOMAGE
Also, in homage to these four soldiers who died to liberate Chelles,
A HEADSTONE IN HOMAGE
Also, in homage to these four soldiers who died to liberate Chelles,
the municipal counsel, at the suggestion of the Archeological and Historical Society of Chelles, proposed to baptize the roundabout, “Roundabout of the Americans,” and to extend the name to the new street that was built to serve the 65 lodgings and five individual houses--
--now under construction by Marne and Chantereine Habitat: “Street of the Four Americans.”
Manifestly, this suggestion seemed to win the support of all assembled. Some of the elected city council members remembered that their parents played in these tanks.
Manifestly, this suggestion seemed to win the support of all assembled. Some of the elected city council members remembered that their parents played in these tanks.
Handwritten, below:
"These are the tanks of the American Third Army that we saw cross [illegible] the applause of the whole population that came out in the street. For three days and even more, trucks and armored vehicles of all sorts, [illegible] jeeps, and many others ...
"These are the tanks of the American Third Army that we saw cross [illegible] the applause of the whole population that came out in the street. For three days and even more, trucks and armored vehicles of all sorts, [illegible] jeeps, and many others ...
it was [illegible to me, alas, but perhaps “unimaginable?”] and total euphoria."
(To be continued ... )
(To be continued ... )
I meant, to @robert_zubrin. Excuse me.
