Plaque Wording: AUGUST 25, 1944 PLEDGE BY SAINT LOUIS, KING OF FRANCE, THIS BASILICA WAS DELIVERED FROM THE THREAT OF DESTRUCTION BY A RECKLESS PROSECUTOR OF NOTRE DAME DE LA GARDE. FROM AUGUST 23 TO 27 THANKS TO THE SAME MIRACULOUS PROTECTION OF THE "BONNE MÈRE" THE CITY WAS LIBERATED FROM FOREIGN OCCUPATION BY THE VALIANT GROUPS OF GUNNERS OF THE 3 D.I.A. (ASSAULT GUNNERS OF THE MARINE-AFRICA [DIVISION] AND CUIRASSIERS OF THE 1 D.B. PLACED UNDER THE COMMAND OF GENERAL DE GOISLARD DE MONSABERT) "IT WAS SHE WHO PAID FOR PEACE" DECLARED THIS FEARLESS LEADER WHO LED THE LIBERATION ARMY. GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE OF THE PEOPLE OF MARSEILLE