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Bastogne, Belgium
Battleground, IN
Book Depository, Dallas, TX
Cape Canaveral Air
Station, FL
Fallen Timbers, OH Harpers
Ferry, WV Jean
Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop, LA
Jesse Owens Memorial, AL
LBJ
Ranch, TX
Luxembourg American Cemetery
Normandy, France
Oklahoma City National Memorial, OK
Wendover Air Field, UT
Wilbur Wright Birthplace, IN
Historic Site
Luxembourg American Cemetery
and Memorial, Luxembourg - May 12, 2008
This U.S. National Cemetery, encompassing 50.5
acres, is just southwest of the Luxembourg Airport and is at the same
roundabout one takes to get to the airport off of A1/E25/E44.
Interned at the Memorial and Cemetery are 5,076 Americans that lost their
lives in the Battle of the Bulge and the campaign for the Rhine River.
General Patton is the most famous soldier buried here and has a separate
location, which was not always the case, as he was originally buried with
the rest of the troops, but due to the turf damage caused by all of the
foot traffic, he was given his own area. General Patton was buried
on Christmas Day in 1945, and as the procession proceeded to the cemetery
through the town, masses of persons stood in the rain that was falling
that day to pay their last respects.
The Main Gate to the Cemetery and Memorial.
Inside the Memorial Building is a chapel.
Just a few of the well attended 5,076 graves.
One of many unknown at this cemetery.
More well maintained graves.
Names of those never recovered in order from
A-K.
The list continues from K-Z.
A small sample of the names.
Some of the history that explains the WWII
European Theater.
Associated map of the progress in Europe.
More history.
General Patton's Grave.
Bastogne, Belgium
Battleground, IN
Book Depository, Dallas, TX
Cape Canaveral Air
Station, FL
Fallen Timbers, OH Harpers
Ferry, WV Jean
Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop, LA
Jesse Owens Memorial, AL
LBJ
Ranch, TX
Luxembourg American Cemetery
Normandy, France
Oklahoma City National Memorial, OK
Wendover Air Field, UT
Wilbur Wright Birthplace, IN
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