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AUDENARDE AMERICAN MONUMENT
The World War I Audenarde American Monument is located in the town
of Oudenaarde (Audenarde), Belgium, 18 miles south
of Gent (Gand), 45 miles west of Brussels and 183 miles
north of Paris, France.
The monument of golden-yellow limestone, bearing the
shield of the United States flanked by two stone eagles, stands at the end of a small park
maintained by the Commission. It commemorates the service and sacrifice of the
40,000 American troops who, in October and November 1918, fought in the vicinity as units
attached to the Group of Armies commanded by the King of Belgians. Some are buried
in Flanders Field American Cemetery at Waregem, Belgium, 10 miles to the west.
