Cimetiere Americain de Colleville-sur-Mer
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“Somewhere around 9,000 soldiers are buried in this Colleville-sur-Mer war cemetery...and about 1,500 soldiers who were missing-in-action are remembered on the Walls of the Missing”
– U.S. News & World Report
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"White marble crosses and Stars of David stretch off in seemingly endless rows at the Normandy American Cemetery, situated on a now-serene bluff overlooking the bitterly contested sands of..."
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Only about 40% of American war dead from the fighting in Normandy are interred in this cemetery – the rest were repatriated at the request of their families.
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