5, more than 1,000 white crosses, to the great lineup radial, arranged in lush garden, the clear message on, makes it especially holy. Doors on both sides of the road leading to cemetery surrounded by towering spruce, cypress and oak Cang, walking the meantime, solemn feeling wells up.
The cemetery is called Hamm the U.S. military cemetery, located in the southern outskirts of Luxembourg. This is the U.S. military during World War II Battle of the Ardennes in Belgium, the burial place of soldiers killed, 14 U.S. troops overseas during World War II cemetery, is one of the U.S. military since World War I cemetery in one of 24 overseas. The cemetery size is not large, but the prestigious Patton buried here, so pay their last respects also a corresponding increase in value. September 10, 1944, the U.S. 5th Armored Division under the clutches of Luxembourg in the German rescue. Thanksgiving for the U.S. military, but also a humanitarian, freedom of the mountains near a small country, 3 months after U.S. forces here for the Memorial completed the temporary cemetery. Later, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, they simply land donated to the United States permanently. So here are considered the territory of Luxembourg in the end, or count the Americans possessions? Has been difficult to explain, anyway cemetery management are all Americans.
Into the cemetery gate, the first to see a non-denominational church, the church's bronze doors, with eight gold plate logo, representing the eight virtues of the military. Church interior, stained glass on the display forward to the Ardennes battle five major forces insignia. On the ground in front of the church, trimmed with former U.S. president, World War II Allied commander General Dwight D. Eisenhower inscription. Front of the church wall on each side of a World War II Memorial. The middle is the cemetery monument, the front is the battle monument introduction, looking at many different standard color usually interspersed arrow fly, then Eisenhower's policy decisions, as if summoned General Patton in front of the exercise. The back of the monument engraved names of the martyrs, introduced in 5076 and the total number of discrepancies - of which 101 can not find the original name, only as a non-martyrs. Can not find the name of not doing enough to explain the U.S. military also detailed the time, but truly write, still reflect the very strong human touch.
See the U.S. military cemetery, so my feeling is that the number of people how accurate statistics! The number of people is not just a cemetery accurate, but decades of war death toll statistics are not ambiguous, such as 24 overseas cemetery, buried a total of 124,917 officers and men killed, including World War I killed 30 921, World War II killed 93 246, Mexico 750 war dead.
Soldiers killed in the war figure, different countries have different approaches, some countries the number of pairs of killed Bu Shi Zhong Niuniunienie published, even in international Guan Li Qi declassified after 25 years, is still reticent about the way the United States ... ... Er Jian Dan is transparent, According to record them, without reservation, truthfully announced.
Cemetery building to do all within our field of vision. Rows of white marble tombstone to the cross as the center point, neatly arranged in a concentric circles, occupies half the area cemetery. Really hard to describe how more than 5,000 white crosses when greeted with when the heart is what kind of a shock: half a century ago, the United States of America's soldiers went to Africa, Europe, Asia and Australia, heroically into the war against fascism. Bloody battle alive exotic, foreign land land after the death of sleep, after being modified to be a phrase of Chinese verse - "The green everywhere Mumetada bone ... ..."
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