Thank you, Frogman, for bringing these pictures out.
I'm utterly blown away by some of the comments here. We didn't just have a disagreement with the French - they ACTIVELY opposed us and did everything they could to make our efforts more difficult, putting us and our troops further at risk. THAT's why Americans were particularly upset with the French and let them know it in some simple and often petty ways. There were other countries who didn't agree, but the French were *particularly* perfidious, and THAT's why we were pissed.
To compare renaming fried potatoes to what was done at this war memorial (and this isn't the first time) is a new low in self-hate.