Near Phoenixville in Chester County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

75th Infantry Division

Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., May 20, 2023

1. 75th Infantry Division In Memoriam Marker

Inscription.
IN MEMORIAM
This memorial is dedicated to the cause of freedom and to all who
served our country during World War II and the men of the
75th Infantry Division whose loyalty, courage, and sacrifices
helped to keep our nation free.

To those who did not return
Millions of men have left our shores to fight across the sea
thousand of them have not returned and died to keep us free.
May those who never did return not e'er forgotten be
and ever serve to remind us the price of liberty.
Harold Mohn

The division was activated at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, in 1943, with troops whose average age was twenty-one. After taking part in Third Army manuevers in Louisiana, the 75th moved to Camp Breckenridge, Kentucky in the spring of 1944. Departing for Europe that fall, the division saw initial combat Christmas Eve 1944 in the Ardennes Forest of Belgium. At various periods in its combat history, the 75th served under the French First Army, the British Second Army, the American First, Seventh, and Ninth Armies in Belgium, Luxemburg, France, Holland and Germany.

This memorial dedicated July 6, 1985, by the 75th Division Veterans Association, in honor of the brave men who sacrificed so much to served this division and their country.

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75th INFANTRY DIVISION
289th, 290th, 291st Infantry Regiment[s] • 75th Reconnaissance Troop
275th Engineer Combat Battalion • 375th Medical Battalion

DIVISION ARTILLERY
897th, 898th, 899th, 730th Field Artillery Battalion[s]

SPECIAL TROOPS
775th Ordnance Light Maintenance Company • 75th Quartermaster Company
Military Police Platoon • 575th Signal Company
Headquarters Company • Division Band

ATTACHED UNITS
440th Antiaircraft Battalion • 772nd Tank Destroyer Battalion

Erected 1985 by 75th Division Veterans Association.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Patriots & Patriotism • War, World II. A significant historical date for this entry is July 6, 1985.

Location. 40° 6.304′ N, 75° 28.441′ W. Marker is near Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, in Chester County. Marker is in the Medal of Honor Grove on the Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge campus. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1601 Valley Forge Road, Phoenixville PA 19460, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Louisiana Medal of Honor Recipients (within shouting distance of this marker); Medal of Honor Grove Map Dedication (within shouting distance of this marker); 29th Infantry Division (within shouting

75th Infantry Division Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., May 20, 2023

2. 75th Infantry Division Marker

distance of this marker); Chaplains Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); a different marker also named Chaplains Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Arizona Medal of Honor Recipients (within shouting distance of this marker); Ancient Order of Hibernians Monument (within shouting distance of this marker); Irish-born Medal of Honor Recipients (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Phoenixville.

Also see . . . 75th Division Veterans Association on Facebook. (Submitted on September 25, 2023, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania.)

75th Infantry Division Units Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., May 20, 2023

3. 75th Infantry Division Units Marker

75th Infantry Division Pavilion image. Click for full size.

Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., May 20, 2023

4. 75th Infantry Division Pavilion

Credits. This page was last revised on September 25, 2023. It was originally submitted on September 25, 2023, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 78 times since then and 30 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on September 25, 2023, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania.