Southeast Colorado Springs in El Paso County, Colorado — The American Mountains (Southwest)
The 89th Infantry Division (1942-1945)
Photographed by Mark Parker, July 4, 2024
1. The 89th Infantry Division (1942-1945) Marker, Side One
The 89th Infantry Division (1942-1945)
Division Headquarters
Special Troops: HQ and Co. and Band; M.P. Platoon; 89th Recon. Troop; 89th Signal Co; 714th Ord. CO;.405th Q.M. Co.
353rd Infantry 354th Infantry 355th Infantry
Division Artillery Headquarters
Headquarters Battery
340th F.A. Bn. 341st F.A. Bn. 914th F.A. Bn. 563rd F.A. Bn. 314th Combat Engineer Bn. 314th Medical Bn.
Service
Camp Carson, Colorado; Louisiana Maneuvers (Light Division); Hunter Liggett Maneuvers (Light Division); Camp Burner, North Carolina; Boston (Embarkation); Le Havre (Debarkation); Lucky Strike; Blangy; Mersch (Luxembourg); Combat (Third Army): The Moselle (assault crossing); The Rhine (assault crossing); Hersfeld; Eisenach; Ohrdruf; Arnstadt; Werdau; Zwickau; Mulde River. Gotha (occupation); Normandy Assembly Area.
(Side two)
This monument commemorates the reactivation of the eighty-ninth infantry division at Camp Carson, Colorado, July 15, 1942 and its service in World War II.
It is dedicated by their comrades in arms to the memory of the men who wore the Rolling W with honor and who died for their country on the battlefields of Europe.
Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori. (Translation: It is sweet and glorious to die
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Erected 1968 by Eighty-ninth Division Society of World War II.
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World II.
Location. 38° 49.641′ N, 104° 47.766′ W. Memorial is in Colorado Springs, Colorado, in El Paso County. It is in Southeast Colorado Springs. It is on Memorial Drive, on the left when traveling north. Veterans Memorial is at Memorial Park. Entrance is on the east side from South Union Boulevard. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: Memorial Drive, Colorado Springs CO 80910, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is in Colorado’s Front Range and in Pikes Peak Region. It is also in the American Mountain West. Globally, it is in North America, the Rocky Mountains, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Comancherνa.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: 71st Infantry Division (a few steps from this marker); Forward Air Controllers Monument (a few steps from this marker); In Honor of Those from El Paso County (a few steps from this marker); All Gave Some Some Gave All (a few steps from this marker); Misty (a few steps from this marker); TACP (a few steps from this marker); Veterans Memorial (a few steps from this marker); Cadet Wing Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Colorado Springs.
More about this memorial. The monument is due north of the center Veterans Memorial.
Photographed by Mark Parker, July 4, 2024
2. The 89th Infantry Division (1942-1945) Marker, Side Two
Photographed by Mark Parker, July 4, 2024
3. The 89th Infantry Division (1942-1945) Monument (Side 1)
The 89ths insignia, the Rolling W, atop the stone. Monument is due north of the center Veterans Memorial
Photographed by Mark Parker, July 4, 2024
4. The 89th Infantry Division (1942-1945) Marker
Wide view looking towards Memorial Drive and the American flag pole.
Photographed by Mark Parker, July 4, 2024
5. Memorial garden in front of the 89th Infantry Division (1942-1945) Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on July 17, 2024. It was originally submitted on July 14, 2024, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina. This page has been viewed 644 times since then and 85 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on July 14, 2024, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
