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LE
PLESSIS LASTELLE/SAINT-JORES
Manche
- 17 km west of Carentan
Bloody fighting for the 90th Infantry Division
In early July 1944 General Middleton’s VIIIth Army Corps launched
a large scale offensive on the Cotentin frontline. The main attack
was driven on the axis La Haye-du-Puits/Lessay. On 4 July the 82nd
Airborne Division captured hill 95, while the 79th Infantry Division
progressed toward La Haye-du-Puits. The 90th Infantry Division pushed
between Prétot and Baupte. The 358th Regiment 1st Bataillon
reached crossroads north of Saint-Jores, a squad entered the town
but a sharp German armoured counterattack repelled the Americans.
The battle raged all the day facing the 77th German infantry Division,
and at nightfall the 1st Battalion liberated Saint-Jores. The next
day advance carried on with reinforcement of the 712nd Tank Battalion,
hamlet of Belles Croix was seized, then La Butte at the end of the
day. On 5 July the 357th Regiment moved in Beau Coudray, the German
paratroops of the 15th Regiment attempted to take back the town and
beleaguered two companies. The Germans kept in check all attempts
to crush the siege, it caused the Americans to surrender the next
day. On 10 July the Germans withdrew and Beau Coudray, Le Plessis
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90th Infantry Division monument
Le Plessis Lastelle
Monument
dedicated to the
90th American Infantry Division Tough Ombres, who fought from
3 to 12 July 1944 to liberate Le Plessis Lastelle (Beaucoudray
Battle of hill 112).
Situation
: in the town center
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712nd Tank Battalion stele
Le Plessis Lastelle
Stele
in memory of eight soldiers of the 712nd Tank Battalion
(1st Section, company C), killed in July 1944.
Situation : at the edge of
the D138 road, north of Lastelle
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90th Infantry Division stele