The American Cemetery

 

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The Reflecting Pool and monument to the Men of WWII

Somberly reflecting the cost of freedom

Here lies in honored glory a comrade in arms know but to God

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One of the three Medal of Honor recipients interred at the cemetery

It covers 172 acres and contains the remains of 9,387 American Military dead, most of whom were killed during the invasion of Normandy and ensuing military operations in World War II

The names of 1,557 Americans who lost their lives in the Normandy Campaign but could not be located and/or identified are inscribed on the walls of the semicircular memorial

With Respect

 

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