Holland & Bastogne 1944–45
Rachamps — church & Easy Company memorial
Memorial
GuideHolland & Bastogne 1944–45
AreaBastogne & the Bois Jacques
TypeMemorial
Time to allow30 min
LocationExact spot known
GPS50.08378, 5.78714
The story
Easy's last objective in the Ardennes, 16 January. The company slept in the church; the schoolgirls' choir sang. Memorial beside the church, tree planted by Guarnere and Heffron.
What to look for
End the Easy Company part of the day here.
Nearby sites
- Noville · 3 km
- Houffalize — the Panther · 5 km
- Foy · 5 km
- Recogne German war cemetery · 5 km
- Easy Company foxholes, Bois Jacques · 6 km
- Easy Company memorial, Bois Jacques · 6 km
All 48 sites in Holland & Bastogne 1944–45 →
Easy Company: Holland & Bastogne
A free field guide for your phone: the route, the maps and the stories built in, even with no signal. The places of Operation Market Garden and the Battle of the Bulge, following Easy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry, 101st Airborne: Hell's Highway, Nijmegen and the Island, the Bois Jacques at Bastogne, the cemeteries of the Ardennes and Haguenau in Alsace.
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