Erwin ,
Thanks for the post . I wonder what your hometown is ?
As for the 101st memorial in front of the Mardasson . It's dedicated to the 101st and ALL ITS ATTACHED UNITS ! Very important !
The artist , Mr Remacle worked on it for one year and the rock was donated by the owner of the quarry east of the Mardasson hill . Some symbols are integrated . The eagle's wings are up to refer to the dove of peace and the paratrooper helmet is upside down to refer to all the blood that has been shed .
There's a reason for the funny shape of the beak . The artist finished the sculpture on the spoy. They left the beak connected to the helmet for transportation to make sure the head wouldn't break off ...
A nice detail is that at the inauguration in sept 2008 , the mayor of Bastogne speeched , partially in english and that speech was carefully revised and corrected by our dear webmaster .
Reg