Memorial Brigadier General Don F. Pratt
Text on the stone:
Before dawn June 6.1944. Brigadier General Don F. Pratt assistant division commander (United States Army). Was killed when his glider crashed 250 metres east of this point. He was the first General Allied Forces officer killed in the liberation of France.
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Source
- Text: Marcel Jans
- Photos: Tessa de Jong
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