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There are 106,957 US military personnel interred in 22 US military cemeteries in Europe (there are four other US military cemeteries overseas: Manila, The Philippines; Carthage, Tunisia; Mexico City and Panama City).

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The groundskeepers' devotion has resulted in stunning landscapes providing appropriate grandeur to the grounds, even at the smallest, the 4.5 acre Brookwood Cemetery of World War I dead, about 25 miles south of London, England.

At the larger cemeteries the long rows of neat crosses and Stars of David have an immediate, sobering effect on visitors.

The largest World War I site is the Meuse-Argonne Cemetery near Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, France, a 130.5 acre plot of eight quadrangles with 14,246 graves.

The 113.5 acre Lorraine Cemetery, settled between rolling hills near St. Avold, France, is the largest World War II cemetery with 10,489 graves (in size, the Normandy Cemetery near Omaha Beach is the largest, covering 172.5 acres).

On the days that memorial services take place, several cemeteries have become compulsory destinations for local government officials and US diplomatic missions to turn out en mass.