Somme American Cemetery and Memorial, Bony, Aisne, France.
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Somme American Cemetery
Situated .5 miles southwest of Bony (Aisne), France, the Somme cemetery is a 14.3-acre site that contains 1,844 American graves. The chapel walls bear the names of 333 missing.
Somme American Cemetery, Bony, France
Video of this sad but proud US Military Cemetery on the Somme. We shall remember them.
The World War I Somme American Cemetery and Memorial in France is sited on a gentle slope typical of the open, rolling Picardie countryside. The 14.3-acre cemetery contains the graves of 1,844 of our military dead. Most lost their lives while serving in American units attached to British armies, or in operations near Cantigny. The headstones, set in regular rows, are separated into four plots by paths that intersect at the flagpole near the top of the slope. The longer axis leads to the chapel at the eastern end of the cemetery.
A massive bronze door surmounted by an American eagle leads into the chapel, whose outer walls contain sculptured pieces of military equipment. Once inside, light from a cross-shaped crystal window above the marble altar bathes the subdued interior with light. The walls bear the names of 333 of the missing. A rosette marks the name of the soldier listed on the Walls of the Missing that has since been recovered and identified.
Bony France - Somme American War Cemetery - 1918
On the 4th of July, four companies from the U.S. 33rd Division, interspersed with units from the Australian Corps, helped to seize the village of Hamel, east of Amiens and
near the 6th Engineers battlefield. On 8 August 1918, the British began a series of major offensives that would continue until the Armistice. The U.S. 80th Division took part in these attacks from the 8th to the 18th of August near the village of Serre while farther south, the 131st Infantry drawn from the U.S. 33rd Division cleared the heights and woods
overlooking the Somme River from Chipilly to Braysur-Somme.
The U.S. II Corps with the 27th and 30th Divisions was attached to the British Fourth Army in September and alternately served as a complete corps under the tactical direction of Australian and British corps. Recently arrived from combat with the British
in Flanders, the II Corps was assigned to seize one of the Western Fronts strongest enemy objectives: the St. Quentin tunnel complex of the Hindenburg Line. The Corps objective lay about 40 miles/64 kilometers east of Amiens. The Hingenburg Line consisted of multiple tiers of trenches, strong points, underground
protective bays, barbed wire, and machine gun nests sited on defensively superior ground. In the area
which includes the Somme American Cemetery and the hill to its north known as the knoll, the 27th Divisions 107th Infantry suffered 995 casualties during the first days
attack, the largest one-day American regimental loss for the entire war. The II Corps suffered over 7,500 casualties during their Hindenburg Line assault. The II Corps battles on the Somme cost over 13,500 American casualties.
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Somme American Cemetery, Bony France
A slide show about my Great Uncle Lt. John V. Curry's final resting place at the Somme American Cemetery, in Bony, France. He was killed on May 28, 1918, in the Battle of Cantigy.
Somme American Cemetery et Memorial
Présentation aérienne du Mémorial Américain de la Somme géré par l'American Battle Monuments Commission.
Centenaire de la première guerre mondiale
Somme American Memorial Cemetery. August 19th 2018, Bony, Northern France
Drone Footage from our visit to the memorial during the France trip 2018
Memorial Day 2017 Somme American cemetery
National anthem USA
Honor and Respect at Somme American Cemetery
World War I Somme American Cemetery in France is the final resting place for more than 1,844 of America's bravest. Senior leaders from the 21st Theater Sustainment Command express their honor and respect for the fallen soldiers resting here during the 2014 Memorial Day Ceremony.
Meuse Argonne American Cemetery
Located east of the village of Romagne-sous-Montfaucon (Meuse), France, the cemetery is 26 miles northwest of Verdun. At this 130.5-acre site are buried the remains of 14,246 Americans, the largest number of U.S. War dead in Europe. Most died during the Meuse Argonne Offensive. On memorial Loggias on either side of the Chapel are inscribed the names of 954 missing.
Right up to Armistice Day, US clout in WWI kept increasing
(6 Nov 2018) By this time of year exactly one hundred years ago, in 1918, United States soldiers had been involved in enough World War I battles that a half-dozen cemeteries are now dotted across northern France to honour their dead.
A majority of the close to 2,300 US soldiers now buried at the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery died fighting German troops during the almost month-long battle of Belleau Wood.
While many across the Atlantic considered WWI to be Europe's war, US troops were instrumental in turning the tide in after the nation had shed its isolationism and declared commitment to stand by its European allies by joining them.
In the 1,5 years that followed after the US declared war on Germany in April 1917, a standing army of 127,500 had turned into an armed force of two million in Europe, with an additional two million soldiers ready to be deployed.
Speed was of the essence. Russia left the war in March 1918 and Germany had sent its troops to the Western front for a final full onslaught. Just in time, US soldiers started arriving en masse.
The Americans attacked without much preparation, French historian Jean-Michel Steg told the Associated Press at the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery earlier this year, adding that US troops showed a lot of courage - quickly attacking against the enemy instead of retreating.
But parttaking in the fighting came at a heavy cost for the United States, with an estimated 360,000 casualties including 126,000 killed in action and 234,000 wounded.
Still, it hardly compared to French military losses of 1.4 million or those of the British imperial forces of 1.1 million.
Not all of those who perished in various battles were army soldiers.
Just outside Paris, a large number of volunteers rest at the French commune of Suresnes' American Cemetery, which was dedicated in 1937.
They volunteered in every capacity imaginable to fight for the cause of freedom and liberty, said cemetery superintendent Keith Stadler.
Those who didn't make it through the war were buried at Surnesnes' graveyard along with some 1,500 US soldiers who fought in all the major battles of the War.
US President Donald Trump is expected to join other world leaders at World War I armistice events hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron over the weekend. He is set to visit some of the burial sites.
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Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial, Colleville-Sur-Mer, France, Europe
The Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial is a World War II cemetery and memorial in Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy, France, that honours American troops who died in Europe during World War II. On June 8, 1944, the U.S. First Army established the temporary cemetery, the first American cemetery on European soil in World War II. After the war, the present-day cemetery was established a short distance to the east of the original site. Like all other overseas American cemeteries in France for World War I and II, France has granted the United States a special, perpetual concession to the land occupied by the cemetery, free of any charge or any tax. This cemetery is managed by the American government, under Congressional acts that provide yearly financial support for maintaining them, with most military and civil personnel employed abroad. The U.S. flag flies over these granted soils. The cemetery is located on a bluff overlooking Omaha Beach (one of the landing beaches of the Normandy Invasion) and the English Channel. It covers 172 acres (70 ha), 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. Included are graves of Army Air Corps crews shot down over France as early as 1942. Only some of the soldiers who died overseas are buried in the overseas American military cemeteries. When it came time for a permanent burial, the next of kin eligible to make decisions were asked if they wanted their loved ones repatriated for permanent burial in the U.S., or interred at the closest overseas cemetery. Among the burials at the cemetery are three recipients of the Medal of Honor, including Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., son of President Theodore Roosevelt. After the creation of the cemetery, another son of President Roosevelt, Quentin, who had been killed in World War I, was exhumed and reburied next to his brother Theodore, Jr. 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 a semicircular garden at the east side of the memorial. This part consists of a semicircular colonnade with a loggia at each end containing maps and narratives of the military operations. At the center is a 22-foot bronze statue entitled The Spirit of American Youth Rising from the Waves. Facing west at the memorial, one sees in the foreground the reflecting pool, the mall with burial areas to either side and the circular chapel beyond. Behind the chapel are allegorical figures representing the United States and France. An orientation table overlooks the beach and depicts the landings at Normandy. The Memorial faces the United States at its nearest point to the cemetery; a point between Eastport and Lubec, Maine. Embedded in the lawn directly opposite the entrance to the old Visitors' Building is a time capsule which has been sealed and contains news reports of the June 6, 1944 Normandy landings. The capsule is covered by a pink granite slab upon which is engraved: To be opened June 6, 2044. Affixed in the center of the slab is a bronze plaque adorned with the five stars of a General of the Army and engraved with the following inscription: 'In memory of General Dwight D. Eisenhower and the forces under his command. This sealed capsule containing news reports of the June 6, 1944 Normandy landings is placed here by the newsmen who were here, June 6, 1969.
American War Cemetery in Normandy France
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Saint Mihiel American Cemetery
Located at the west edge of Thiaucourt, France, the 40.5-acre cemetery contains the graves of 4,153 American War Dead, most of whom died in the great offensive that resulted in the reduction of the St. Mihiel salient. On the end walls of the museum are recorded the names of 284 missing.
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Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial
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Pozieres British Cemetery, The Somme, France
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