Memorial "The Four Braves"

The memorial shows the four soldiers ("Les Quatre Braves" or "The Four Braves") mentioned on the bronze plaque below the sculpture. The memorial commemorates the efforts of the 90th Infantry Division during Operation Cobra, a phase of the Normandy campaign, and the liberation of the city on July 27, 1944.

Monument text:
Tullio Micaloni 9 April1913 – 26 July 1944
Richard Edmund Richtman 26 November 1924 – 26 July 1944
Andrew Jackson Speese III 10 August 1912 – 6 July 1944
Virgil John Tangborn 23 May 1920 – 14 June 1944
Tough 'Ombres

Périers 27th July 1944 – 4 June 2000

Monument erected by subscription "Normandy '44 90th Division US"
Sculptor Patrick Cottencin

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Source

• Text: TracesOfWar
• Photos: Rudi Triki