In World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War, millions of Americans served far from home. In the various conflicts, service members fought in the waters of the Atlantic and Pacific. They traversed mountains in Italy, France, Korea and Vietnam.
Born in the 1980s, Dan Mercurio never met his great uncle SSgt. Robert Mercurio, who died in World War II. Killed in a plane crash in England in January 1945 and buried in Cambridge American Cemetery, few people alive today have a distinct, personal memory of Robert.
As 1967 came to a close, U.S. forces and their South Vietnamese allies seemed to be marching towards victory in the Vietnam War. American intervention, marked by such desperate initial battles as Ia Drang in 1965, had averted a communist takeover of South Vietnam. From that point U.S.
The chapel at Sicily-Rome American Cemetery is currently closed for renovations with an expected re-opening in summer 2018. To ensure ABMC sites are maintained to the highest standards, periodic maintenance and renovations require closing areas of the cemetery.
Alabama provided 5,000 National Guardsmen, 7,000 other volunteers, and 74,000 selected servicemen (draftees) to the U.S. Army during World War I. Over 2,500 Alabamians died fighting in France.
Washington Boulevard, which runs in front of Suresnes American Cemetery, will be closed to cars the morning of Sunday, March 25, 2018 from 8:30 a.m. to noon due to an organized run in the city of Suresnes. The cemetery will operate during normal hours that day.
The observation deck doors at the top of Montfaucon Monument are locked due to high winds and rain. When the weather moderates they will be unlocked. You can still see the battlefield, however, the view is quite restricted.
The Pointe Du Hoc Visitor Center will be closed on Friday, January 26, 2018 from 9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., and on Wednesday, January 31, 2018 from 12:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Deputy Secretary Robert J. Dalessandro swore in retired Maj. Gen. William M. Matz, Jr., as the new secretary of the American Battle Monuments Commission on January 9, 2018. Appointed by President Donald J. Trump on January 8, 2018, Secretary Matz is a decorated, Vietnam combat infantry veteran.