REMEMBERING THE FALLEN IN NORMANDY This is the unmistakable Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial on top of the bluffs overlooking Omaha Beach. Extending to over 170 acres, the site at Colleville-sur-Mer was opened in July 1956 and now receives over one million visitors each year. A few key figures… ➡️ 9,388 burials and 1,557 names of those missing in action on the Wall of the Missing ➡️ 9,238 crosses and 151 Star of David headstones ➡️ There are graves of 304 unknown soldiers - marked with th

Normandy American Cemetery Never Forget The Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial in France is located in Colleville-sur-Mer, on the site of the temporary American St. Laurent Cemetery, established by the U.S. First Army on June 8, 1944 as the first American cemetery on European soil in World War II. The cemetery site, at the north end of its half mile access road, covers 172.5 acres and contains the graves of 9,389 of our military dead, most of whom lost their lives in the D-Day landings and

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