Memorial plaque for fallen US soldiers at Franziskanerplatz Innsbruck

Veterans of the US "Cactus Division" called for the establishment of a memorial during a visit to Innsbruck. In 1995, Landeshauptmann Wendelin Weingartner (ÖVP) and Mayor Herwig van Staa (Für Innsbruck) unveiled, together with a US veteran, a commemorative plaque in the courtyard of the Innsbruck Arsenal, which was written in both German and English. In 1997, it was moved to the Franziskanerplatz. On April 11, 1997, Landesrat Fritz Astl and Deputy Mayor Eugen Sprenger (both ÖVP) unveiled the commemorative plaque bearing the insignias of the 103rd Infantry Division (Cactus Division), the 36th Infantry Division (Texas Division), and the 44th Infantry Division, which liberated Tyrol, as well as the 42nd Infantry Division (Rainbow Division), which was stationed in the region from mid-May 1945.