We've left our dead all over this planet:
does the expression "Flanders Fields" mean anything to you?:
And there's Normandy, where over 9,000 Americans sleep:
We've left our dead all over this planet:
does the expression "Flanders Fields" mean anything to you?:
And there's Normandy, where over 9,000 Americans sleep:
I remember visiting the U.S. cemetery at Belleau Wood about 15 years ago with my late father-in-law who spent the later part of WWII stationed there at Chateau-Thierry.
The place looked gorgeous. It was about a week or 10 days before Memorial Day and the cemetery and neighboring battlefield was full of workers making it look beautiful.
Everything looked perfect and the care that was being taken left a tremendous impression on me.
These military cemeteries in France are considered sovereign U.S. turf, but are maintained by Frenchmen. They really do a gorgeous job and it shows.
I've never since felt comfortable piling on with those beating up on the French for one thing or another after that trip of mine to Chateau-Thierry in 1990. The French really have done an outstanding job honoring U.S. war dead for over 60 years.
“And there’s Normandy, where over 9,000 Americans sleep..”
While I was in the Navy, I went to the American Cemetery in Manila - it looks just like the one at Normandy. Like being in a church. Unforgettable.