Memorial Ernest Glessener
Text on the memorial:
This monument has been erected by the grateful town of Bastogne to the memory of Ernest Glessener, the first G.I. killed on this spot on September 10, 1944 after having destroyed a German tank.
Het memorial is situated next to one of the Sherman turrets in Bastogne.
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Source
- Text: TracesOfWar
- Photos: Jeroen Koppes (1), Marie-Christine Vinck (2, 3)
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