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The sculpture America's Response Monument is subtitled De Oppresso Liber.It is a life-and-a-half scale bronze statue located in the West Street lobby of One World Financial Center opposite Ground Zero in New York City.
America's Response Monument, subtitled De Oppresso Liber, is a life-and-a-half scale bronze statue in Liberty Park overlooking the National September 11 Memorial & Museum in New York City. Unofficially known as the Horse Soldier Statue , it is the first publicly accessible monument [ 2 ] dedicated to the United States Army Special Forces .
The 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) (7th SFG) (A) is an operational unit of the United States Army Special Forces activated on 20 May 1960. It was reorganized from the 77th Special Forces Group, which was also stationed at Fort Liberty, North Carolina.
The inscription at base of the sculpture bears its name, America's Response Monument, and the Latin subtitle De Oppresso Liber. The subtitle, traditionally translated as "to free the oppressed", is the motto of the Green Berets, who inspired the monument. [24] A piece of steel from the original World Trade Center is embedded in the base. [25]
"De Oppresso Liber," is their Latin motto: "To Free the Oppressed." The close-knit Green Beret community has been left reeling in the aftermath of the Cybertruck explosion. Numerous former Green ...
De oppresso liber (U.S. Army's translation: "To Liberate the Oppressed") Engagements: Vietnam War Operation Urgent Fury Operation Just Cause Gulf War: Insignia; Former 12th Special Forces Group recognition bar, worn by non-special operations qualified soldiers—in lieu of a beret flash—from the 1960s to 1984 [2]
A silver colored metal and enamel device 1 + 1 ⁄ 8 inches (2.9 cm) in height consisting of a pair of silver arrows in saltire, points up and is surmounted at their junction by the V-42 stiletto silver dagger with black handle point up; all over and between a black motto scroll arcing to the base and inscribed "DE OPPRESSO LIBER" in silver ...
The 8th Special Forces Group of the United States Army was established in 1963 at Fort Gulick, Panama Canal Zone.The primary mission of the 8th Special Forces Group (Airborne) [(SFG(A)] was counter-insurgency training for the armies of Latin America.