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| 9th
Infantry Division — World
War II — Normandy, France |
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The
memorial to the 9th Infantry
Division is located atop a
hill overlooking the village
of Barneville sur Mer, Normandy,
France, and the Atlantic Ocean
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Barneville
sur Mer is a small oceanside village
located opposite Utah Beach on the
other side of the Cotentin Peninsula.
"It was on the night of the 17th
of June 1944 that 9th Infantry Division
commanding General Manton S. Eddy
upon meeting and passing the 60th
C.P. on the road declared, 'We're
going all the way tonight!,' "
Joseph B. Mittelman wrote in Eight
Stars to Victory: A History of the
Veteran Ninth U.S. Infantry Division.
"The regiment did — to the
coast. Further to insure the separation,
both the 47th and 60th assaulted to
the sea without letup. The Raiders
were first (by a hair's breadth) to
reach the Atlantic, when they hit
Port Bail and Neuville en Beaumont
during the morning of June 18th.
"Taking Barneville sur Mer placed
double insurance upon cutting the
peninsula, since the 47th was at that
very moment consolidating its positions
around Port Bail."
Today Barneville sur Mer hosts one
of the only memorials solely in tribute
to the 9th Infantry Division. Situated
atop a hill where a view of the seaside
village and the Atlantic Ocean can
be afforded by visitors, the square,
concrete memorial is surrounded by
pansies nearly year-round and a large
yucca plant.
Just below an engraved octofoil, a
French inscription states, "Here,
In This Place, on the 13th of June
1944, the 9th Division of the 7th
Corps of the 1st American Army, General
Bradley, Realized the Suppression
of the Cotentin."
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