Joe Mann Monument
Symbolische pelikaan
Rouwende soldaten
Joe Mann Monument

Joe Mann Monument - Best

N 51.51279259624 / E 5.4346664205817

HIS EXTRAORDINARY COURTESY
AND HIS SPLENDID CONDUCT
WERE A PERPETUAL INSPIRATION
TO HIS COMRADES,
FOR WHOM HE GAVE HIS LIFE'.

This text appears on The Joe Mann monument commemorating the liberation of Best. The monument is named after the American paratrooper of the same name; Joe Eugene Mann. On 19 September 1944, he saved the lives of his comrades by throwing himself on a hand grenade.

The memorial consists of four white columns, depicting mourners standing around a soldier on the ground. At the top is a pelican protecting her young. This is a Christian symbol of self-sacrifice. According to legend, the pelican is said to feed her young with her own blood.

Photo 1 & 2: The Image bank of Heritage Association Dye van Best

Photo 3: Dutch National Heritage Agency
Licence: Wikipedia Creative Commons

Joe Mann Monument
Symbolische pelikaan
Rouwende soldaten
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