Luxembourg American Military Cemetery
Today is the US holiday Memorial Day, a day when we honor our fallen veterans in all our nation's wars. I thought this is a good time to point out a very special US military cemetery located in the nation of Luxembourg that most Americans don't even know exists (In fact, most Americans probably haven't even heard of Luxembourg). The Luxembourg American Cemetery and Memorial, located in the Hamm quarter, is home to over 5,000 fallen US veterans of WWII.
Keep in mind that there are many thousands of US service members buried overseas, a tribute to the sacrifices America has made for the rest of the world.
Some of these men are very well known.
And some not so well known. But they are all treated with exactly the same amount of dignity.
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My family was fortunate enough to be in Europe working for the US military as civilians. We made it a point to visit all the American cemeteries we could find. It was an 'eye opening" experience. From our parents we had heard the stories of the war. but seeing all the graves made woke us up to just had many men lost their lives. Those buried in Europe are but a few of the total!!!
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