American Cemetery, Omaha Beach. There are 26 American military cemeteries abroad, in 16 countries, containing the graves of over 125,000 American dead, and commemorating another 94,000 missing by name only.
They shall not grow old, as we that are left grow old;
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.
– Laurence Binyon, “For the Fallen” (1914)
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They shall not grow old, as we that are left grow old;
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.
– Laurence Binyon, “For the Fallen” (1914)