Keeping their memory alive,
visiting military cemeteries
The American Battlefield Monuments Commission was
founded in 1923 after WWI so that soldiers who died overseas
could receive honor. It was expanded during WWII.
Some will never return. Embrace these, Father, and
receive them, Thy heroic servants, into Thy kingdom.
(from the D-Day Prayer)
List of American foreign cemeteries WWII
• Ardenne American Cemetery - Belgium
• Brittany American Cemetery - France
• Cambridge American Cemetery - United Kingdom
• Epinal American Cemetery - France
• Florence American Cemetery - Italy
• Henri Chapelle American Cemetery - Belgium
• Lorraine American Cemetery - France
• Luxembourg American Cemetery - Luxembourg
• Manila American Cemetery - Philippines
• Netherlands American Cemetery - Netherlands
• Normandy American Cemetery - France
• North African American Cemetery - Tunisia
• Rhone American Cemetery - France
• Sicily-Rome American Cemetery - Italy
• Suresnes American Cemetery - France
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