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Brittany American Cemetery and Memorial

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Brittany American Cemetery and Memorial
Brittany American Cemetery and Memorial. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

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The Brittany American Cemetery and Memorial is located in Saint-James, Normandy, France, near the northeastern edge of Brittany. It contains the remains of 4,410 of World War II American soldiers, most of whom died in the Normandy and Brittany campaigns of 1944. Along the retaining wall of the memorial terrace are inscribed the names of 498 of the missing. Rosettes mark the names of soldiers whose remains have been identified.

Adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Photography via Wikimedia Commons.

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