Friday, April 17, 2015

US Battle Cemeteries

American Battle Monuments Commission

Created in 1923 to preserve 25 sites around the world with 124,905 burials from: the Mexican-American War, the Philippine-American War, the US Civil War, World War 1, World War 2, Korea and Vietnam.
 
France:     Aisne Marne American Cemetery:  2,289 burials from World War 1
                   Brittany American Cemetery: 4,409 burials from World War 2
                   Epinal American Cemetery: 5,255 burials from World War 2
                   Lorraine American Cemetery: 10,489 burials from World War 2
                   Meuse Argonne American Cemetery: 14,246 burials from World War 1
                  Normandy American Cemetery: 9,387 burials from World War 2
                  Oise Aisne American Cemetery:  6,012 burials from World War 1
                  Rhone American Cemetery: 860 burials from World War 2
                  Somme American Cemetery: 1,844 burials from World War 1
                 St. Michel American Cemetery: 4,153 burials from World War 1
                  Suresnes American Cemetery: 1,565 burials from World War 1
 
Belgium:     Ardennes American Cemetery: 5,323 burials from World War 1
                     Flanders Field American Cemetery: 368 burials from World War 2
                    Henri Chapelle American Cemetery: 7,992 burials from World War 2
 
 
United Kingdom: Brookwood American Cemetery: 468 burials from World War 1
                               Cambridge American Cemetery: 3,812 burials from World War 2
 
Philippines:  Clark Veterans Cemetery: 8,000 burials from the Philippine-American War
                     Manila American Cemetery: 17,201 burials from World War 2
 
Panama:     Corozal American Cemetery: 5,450 burials from the Mexican-American War, US Civil War, World War 1 and World War 2
 
Italy:     Florence American Cemetery: 4,402 burials from World War 2
              Sicily American Cemetery: 7,861 burials from World War 2
 
Luxembourg:   Luxembourg American Cemetery: 5,076 burials from World War 2
 
Mexico:   Mexico City National Cemetery: 813 burials from Mexican-American War
 
Netherlands: Netherlands American Cemetery: 8,301 burials from World War 2
 
Tunisia:  North Africa American Cemetery: 2,841 burials from World War 2
 
 
 

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