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Memorials for the Agents Parachutists

At the House of the Agents parachutists in the Kasteleinstraat there are memorial plaques for the parachutists killed in 1940-1945 and for the para-commandos killed during humanitarian operations.
The plaques bear the following inscriptions:
Top plate:
"1940 1945
Eighty-five names below, on three columns, arranged alphabetically.
Below that, twenty-one names in three columns.
In Memoriam"

Bottom plate in the 2 national languages:
"In honor of the Paracommandos killed in humanitarian operations"

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Source

  • Text: Marie-Christine Vinck
  • Photos: Marie-Christine Vinck