Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial
The World War II Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial is a war cemetery which lies in the village of Margraten six miles east of Maastricht, in the most southern part of The Netherlands. It is administered by the American Battle Monuments Commission.
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Netherlands American Cemetery
The only American cemetery in the Netherlands, it lies in the village of Margraten. Covering 65.5 acres, the cemetery contains 8,301 graves. Two Tablets of the Missing are inscribed with 1,723 names.
A Tour of Margraten American Cemetery in the Netherlands
In this video we are going to take a tour of Margraten Cemetery. We will talk about the history, the wall of the missing and we visit all the Medal of Honor recipients buried there.
Below are the links to the full citations:
Lt. Col. Robert G. Cole, United States Army – Medal of Honor
Plot B Row 15 Grave 27
S/Sgt. George Peterson, United States Army – Medal of Honor
Plot D Row 21 Grave 10
1st Lt. Walter J. Will, United States Army – Medal of Honor
Plot D Row 3 Grave 32
Pvt. George J. Peters, United States Army – Medal of Honor
Plot G Row 17 Grave 8
Pfc. Willy F. James, Jr., United States Army – Medal of Honor
Plot P Row 9 Grave 9
Pfc. Walter C. Wetzel, United States Army – Medal of Honor
Plot N Row 18 Grave 10
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Honoring Their Fathers: A Journey to Netherlands American Cemetery
More than 50 men and women from the American World War II Orphans Network (AWON) will travel together to Netherlands American Cemetery for Memorial Day Weekend 2015 to visit the final resting place of their fathers. Follow along on their journey as they visit these hallowed grounds: abmc.gov
Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial
In May 2010, I went to the Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial with my friend Peter and was struck with vast emotion. I decided to create this little movie in memory of the experience.
Netherlands Cemetery
World War Two. American soldiers.
Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial Margraten
Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial Margraten
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Margraten 1944 - 2012 Memorial War Cemetery Holland
Movie about war cemetery Margraten in Limburg Holland made by Patricia
Reburial and repatriation cemetery margraten
Reburial and repatriation of the American Cemetery in Margraten.
Grave Registration Company
Memorial Day Ceremony @ the Netherlands - American war cemetery 2015
U.S. Army Europe Commander's Memorial Day Remarks in Margraten, The Netherlands
Margraten, The Netherlands --- U.S. Army Europe Commander Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling gave a stirring tribute to fallen American Soldiers' tribute to freedom around the world, and the European and American citizens grateful for their sacrifices on May 27, 2012 at the American Battle Monuments Commission's American Netherlands Cemetery and Memorial here.
Zonder Wierook - Margraten American Militairy Cemetery
This is a movie made bij Frits Thissen an award winning amateur movie maker from Maastricht the Netherlands.
This movie was made in honor of the fallen American soldiers in World War 2.
Margraten Visit - April 19, 2005
Slide show of Jim Hoel's visit to the Netherlands American Cemetery on April 19, 2005. He was escorted by his son, Gil and two Dutchmen, John and Dennis Prooi (father and son). John grew up in Rozenburg, the village where Jim's B26 ditched on May 17, 1943. All ten B26's were shot down as they made landfall south of Rotterdam. 40 of the 60 airmen lost their lives that morning. Jim swam to shore, was captured by the Germans and spent the remainder of the war as a POW.
John and his son researched where each of Jim's fallen comrades were buried amongst the 8,302 grave sites of American soldiers. The group went to each of these sites during the visit to pay their respects
The Ysselsteyn German Cemetery, near Limburg, Netherlands.
The Ysselsteyn German Cemetery is quite simply massive. It differs with many of the other European German military cemeteries (outside Germany atleast) in that nearly all the soldiers have their own grave.
At over 70 acres it trully is enormous. It contains the graves of 31,598 German war dead, most of whom who died in the Netherlands during World War II. The war dead include Germans, Dutch, Poles and Russians who fought on the side of the German military. About 3,000 are war dead from the Battle of the Bulge in the Ardennes and Hürtgenwald that were initially interred next to the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten. In a circle near the entrance are 85 German soldiers who fell in World War I and whose bodies ended up in the Netherlands by floating down rivers, mainly the Meuse. Wikipedia info
Memorial Day 73e at Margraten 2017 APH
Amazing Grace at Luxembourg American Cemetery
George Bush visiting Margraten War Cemetery
George Bush bezoekt het oorlogskerkhof in Margraten in 2005, samen met o.m. Condoleezza Rice
2011_ The Big Yank Margraten US Cemetery
Margraten US War Cemetery Lloyd Shanks Grave a tribute!!!!!
Alabama to Margraten
A tribute to the life of Jefferson Wiggins and the African American soldiers of WWII.
On the occasion of the book presentation From Alabama to Margraten by author Mieke Kirkels at the Gouvernement in Maastricht on November 5, 2014.
Special thanks to the family of Jefferson Wiggins and author Mieke Kirkels for helping to preserve the memory of the African American soldiers of the Quarter Master Service Companies who buried the dead at the American Cemetery in Margraten during WWII.
Credits
Directed & Edited by Nils Wanberg
Produced by U.S. Embassy The Hague
Photo of Jefferson Wiggins by Jean-Pierre Geusens
Music
Distant Days by Damon Baxter & Sergei Petrovski (Rouge Music Library)
Fresh Hope by Damon Baxter & Sergei Petrovski (Dewolfe)
Care Vale by David Kelly (DeWolfe)
If I Can Help Somebody performed by Janice Dixon