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Meuse Lorraine Quai de la République / Pont Legay |
Fernand Legay? - 1945French resistance fighter |
artist unknown
date? |
Momument with a bronze portrait medallion and a text plaque.
Resistance fighter Fernand Legay succeeded on 30 August 1944 - when the American Army was on the point of entering the city - in disarming a German bomb placed under the bridge adjoining the square, which was the only bridge capable of bearing the weight of the American tanks. The bridge is now named after him Pont Legay.
A FERNAND LEGAY Membre de la Resistance, chef de groupe Savoie A LOUIS HENON, HENRI SCHLUCK ET M. EVINS. resistants Qui, le 31 août 1944 preserverent ce pont de la destruction, permettant ainsi a l’armee américaine de poursuivre son offensive. La ville de VERDUN reconnaissante. |
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