The Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial () is a

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and

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Colleville-sur-Mer Colleville-sur-Mer (, literally ''Colleville on Sea'') is a commune in the Calvados department in Normandie region in northwestern France. History It was originally a farm owned by a certain ''Koli'', a Scandinavian settler in the Middle ...

, Normandy, France, that honors American

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who died in Europe during World War II. It is located on the site of the former temporary battlefield cemetery of Saint Laurent, covers 172.5 acres and contains 9,388 gravesites. A memorial in the cemetery includes maps and details of the

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and military operations that followed. At the memorial's center is ''Spirit of American Youth Rising from the Waves'', a bronze statue by

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. The cemetery also includes two flag poles where, at different times, people gather to watch the American flags being lowered and folded. The cemetery, which was dedicated in 1956, is the most visited cemetery of those maintained by the

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(ABMC), with one million visitors a year. In 2007, the ABMC opened a visitor center at the cemetery, relating the global significance and meaning of

Operation Overlord Operation Overlord was the codename for the Battle of Normandy, the Allies of World War II, Allied operation that launched the successful liberation of German-occupied Western Front (World War II), Western Europe during World War II. The ope ...

History

On June 6, 1944, the 607th Quartermaster Graves Registration Company of the

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established the temporary cemetery, the first American cemetery on French soil in World War II.Sourc
American Battle Monument Commission
After the war, the present-day cemetery was established a short distance to the east of the original site. It was dedicated on July 19, 1956, in the presence of

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of the U.S. Navy, representing President

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, and French General , representing President

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. Like all other overseas American cemeteries in France for World War I and II, the French Government has granted the United States a special

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to the land occupied by the cemetery, for an unlimited duration, free of any charge or any tax, as long as the United States maintains the cemetery. It does not benefit from

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and remains the property of the French State.Agreement Concerning the Interment in France and in Territories of the French Union or the Removal to the United States of the Bodies of American Soldiers Killed in the War of 1939-1945
, signed in Paris on October 1, 1947, Treaties and Other International Acts Series 1720. This cemetery is managed by the

, a small

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of the

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, 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.

Description

The cemetery is located on a bluff overlooking

Omaha Beach Omaha Beach was one of five beach landing sectors of the amphibious assault component of Operation Overlord during the Second World War. On June 6, 1944, the Allies of World War II, Allies invaded German military administration in occupied Fra ...

(one of the landing beaches of the

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) and the

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. It covers 172.5

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, and contains the remains of 9,388 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 and four American women. 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 United States or interred at the closest overseas cemetery.

Burials

Number of burials

On June 19, 2018, Julius H.O. Pieper was laid to rest next to his twin brother, Ludwig J.W. Pieper, and became the 9,388th servicemember buried at the Normandy American Cemetery. These burials are marked by white Lasa marble headstones, 9,238 of which are Latin crosses (for

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and

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) and 151 of which are stars of David (for

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). Since these were the only three religions recognized at the time by the

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, no other type of markers are present. The cemetery contains the graves of 45 pairs of brothers (30 of which buried side by side), a

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and his son, an uncle and his nephew, 2 pairs of cousins, 3 generals, 4 chaplains, 4 civilians, 4 women, 147 African Americans and 20 Native Americans. 304 unknown soldiers are buried among the other service members. Their headstones read "HERE RESTS IN HONORED GLORY A COMRADE IN ARMS KNOWN BUT TO GOD". East of the Memorial lies the Wall of the Missing, where are inscribed the names of 1,557 servicemembers declared

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during

. Nineteen of these names bear a bronze rosette, meaning that their body was found and identified since the cemetery's dedication.

Notable interments

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Among the burials at the cemetery are three recipients of the

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, including

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, son of President

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. After the creation of the cemetery, another son of President Roosevelt,

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, who had been killed in

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, was exhumed and reburied next to his brother. Notable burials at the cemetery include: * Joseph M. Jordan, Benjamin J. Stoney, Robert J. Bloser, Everett J. Gray, and Terrance C. Harris, members of

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, 101st Airborne * Lesley J. McNair, U.S. Army general, one of the two highest-ranking Americans to be killed in action in World War II * Two of the

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, Preston and Robert, whose story inspired Steven Spielberg's ''

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'' *

Jimmie W. Monteith Jimmie Watters Monteith Jr. (July 1, 1917 – June 6, 1944) was a United States Army officer who received the Medal of Honor posthumously for his heroic actions in World War II at the D-Day landings in Normandy, France. Early years Jimmie W ...

, Medal of Honor recipient *

Frank D. Peregory Frank D. Peregory (April 10, 1916 - June 14, 1944) was a United States Army technical sergeant who posthumously received the United States military's highest decoration for bravery in combat, the Medal of Honor, for his actions during World War II ...

, Medal of Honor recipient *

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, son of President Theodore Roosevelt, aviator killed in action in World War I and reburied next to the grave of his brother, Theodore Roosevelt Jr. *

, son of President Theodore Roosevelt, Medal of Honor recipient

Layout

The Cemetery is divided into ten plots. It forms a Latin cross, with the Chapel in its middle, and the Memorial and Wall of the Missing at its base. It faces the United States, in the direction of a point between Eastport and

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. This is coincidental, as the Cemetery was built parallel to the beach on the lands granted by the French.

Memorial

The Memorial consists of a semicircular

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with a

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at each end containing maps and narratives of the military operations. It is built in medium-hard limestone from upper

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. Two of the maps, designed by Robert Foster, are 32 feet long and 20 feet high. At the center is a 22-foot bronze statue entitled ''The Spirit of American Youth Rising from the Waves'' by

. Over the arches of the Memorial is engraved "THIS EMBATTLED SHORE, PORTAL OF FREEDOM, IS FOREVER HALLOWED BY THE IDEALS, THE VALOR AND THE SACRIFICES OF OUR FELLOW COUNTRYMEN". At the feet of the Memorial is engraved both in English and French "IN PROUD REMEMBRANCE OF THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF HER SONS AND IN HUMBLE TRIBUTE TO THEIR SACRIFICES THIS MEMORIAL HAS BEEN ERECTED BY THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA". American cemetery - Omaha.jpg, The Memorial from the other side of the reflecting pool France-000831 - Spirit of American Youth Rising from the Waves (14880620948).jpg, ''Spirit of American Youth Rising from the Waves'' by

Mémorial Cimetière Colleville-sur-Mer - Statue Centrale.jpg, ''Spirit of American Youth Rising from the Waves'' Mémorial Cimetière Colleville-sur-Mer - Carte du Débarquement en Normandie.jpg, Map of the landings on the Normandy beaches Mémorial Cimetière Colleville-sur-Mer - Carte des Opérations Aériennes Mars-Août 1944.jpg, Map of the air operations over Normandy Mémorial Cimetière Colleville-sur-Mer - Carte des Opérations Navales.jpg, Map of the amphibious assault landings Mémorial Cimetière Colleville-sur-Mer - Carte Opérations Alliées en Europe 6-6-44 au 8-5-45.jpg, Map of the military operations in Western Europe

Wall of the Missing

The semi-circular gardens bear the 1,557 engraved names of service members declared missing in action in Normandy. Most of them were lost at sea, including over 489 in the sinking of the SS ''Léopoldville''. Nineteen of these names bear a bronze rosette next to their name, meaning that their body was recovered and identified after the cemetery's dedication. Above the walls is engraved, both in English and French, At its center is engraved "TO THESE WE OWE THE HIGH RESOLVE THAT THE CAUSE FOR WHICH THEY DIED SHALL LIVE", an abbreviation of General Dwight D. Eisenhower's dedication of the Golden Book in

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, London.

Chapel

At the center of the cemetery lies a multi-confessional chapel. Its altar, in black and gold Pyrenean marble, reads ''“I GIVE UNTO THEM ETERNAL LIFE AND THEY SHALL NEVER PERISH”''. The stained glass behind it bears a Latin cross and present a star of David, as well as an alpha and an omega symbol, meant to represent all other religions. On its ceiling lies a spectacular mosaic by

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. Completed in 1953, it comprises 500,000 tiles and tells a full round story “of war and peace.” One side depicts Columbia ( Goddess of Liberty) allegorically representing America blessing “her rifle-bearing son before he departs to fight overseas. Above him, a warship and a bomber push through sea and air toward land on the opposite side of the dome. There, a red-capped

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figure personifying France bestows a laurel wreath upon the same young man. His now lifeless body leans against her as she cradles his head in her lap. Above them, the return of peace is illustrated with an angel, a dove and a homeward-bound troop ship.” These two figures can be seen again as statues, guarding the end of the cemetery. Outside is engraved on its wall, both in English and French

THIS CHAPEL HAS BEEN ERECTED BY THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF HER SONS WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE LANDINGS ON THE NORMANDY BEACHES AND THE LIBERATION OF NORTHERN FRANCE ★ THEIR GRAVES ARE THE PERMANENT AND VISIBLE SYMBOL OF THEIR HEROIC DEVOTION AND THEIR SACRIFICE IN THE COMMON CAUSE OF HUMANITY

On its roof is engraved

THESE ENDURED ALL AND GAVE ALL THAT JUSTICE AMONG NATIONS MIGHT PREVAIL AND THAT MANKIND MIGHT ENJOY FREEDOM AND INHERIT PEACE

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Orientation Table

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overlooks the beach and depicts the landings at Normandy. Designed by Robert Foster, it is of Swedish black granite. Cimetierre Colleville diaporama 6.jpg, Orientation Table OmahaBeachFromNormandyCemetery.jpg, Now closed access to Omaha Beach from the cemetery

Time capsule

Embedded in the lawn directly opposite the entrance to the old Visitors' Building is a

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which has been sealed and contains news reports of the June 6, 1944, Normandy landings. The capsule is covered by a pink

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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

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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 there, June 6, 1969." Date of publication is inferred from citation of Fiscal Year 2002 visitor numbers.

Landscaping

The cemetery is planted with Austrian black pines, holly oaks, and Turkey oaks. Its undergrowth is composed of Austrian pines, alders, common oak trees, American red oak trees, holly oak trees, ash trees, sycamore trees, maple trees, and a few maritime pines and pine trees. It is decorated by polyantha roses,

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and Erica heather.

Sights

* Notre-Dame de l'Assomption de Colleville in

: dated to the 12th or 13th century, a historical monument since 1840. *

Overlord Museum The Overlord Museum is a museum which focuses on the Allied landings in Normandy with Operation Overlord and the subsequent development of the Second World War. It is located in Colleville-sur-Mer in the Calvados department of the Normandy regio ...

is located in Colleville-sur-Mer on the road to Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial.

In popular culture

* In ''

'' (1998), the cemetery is featured at the beginning and end, showing World War II veteran Private James Francis Ryan accompanied by his family. In the beginning of the film, he makes his way to the grave of Captain John Miller (played by

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). At the end, Ryan, who was instructed by Miller to earn the sacrifices made to send him home, says that he lived his life as best as he could and hopes that he has earned all that Miller and his men did for him. After asking for confirmation from his wife that he lived a good life and was a good man, Ryan salutes the grave (both the grave and Captain John Miller are fictional; the headstone for Miller was only brought to the cemetery for the movie). The Private Ryan story is based upon the story of the

Niland Brothers The Niland brothers were four American brothers from Tonawanda, New York, who served in the military during World War II. They were sons of Mr. and Mrs. Michael C. Niland. Two survived the war but, for a time, only one, Frederick "Fritz" Niland, ...

, two of whom are buried in the cemetery; references are also made to the five

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, who were all killed in the " ''Juneau'' incident". * ''Symphonic Prelude (The Cemetery at Colleville-sur-Mer)'', by

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, portrays the battle in a way that battles are commonly depicted for bands: a slow introduction followed by a moderate tempo body and a majestic ending. * The cemetery is featured on the album cover of the 1977

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album ''

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''.

References

External links

''Complete List of Memorial Events for 65th Anniversary of D-Day''

''American D-Day: Omaha Beach, Utah Beach & Pointe du Hoc''

World War II Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial
American Battle Monuments Commission
Organization ''Les Fleurs de la Mémoire''

World War I cemeteries.com a comprehensive guide to the military cemeteries and memorials around the world

"Overview by name, American Cemetery and Memorial"

of the people buried in the cemetery"

"Overview of the graves on the American Cemetery and Memorial Normandy by State

"Numbers by unit (example first row: 463 graves of the 262 Infantry Regiment of the 66 Division)."
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