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On June 6, 1944, the 607th Quartermaster Graves Registration Company of the [[U.S. First Army]] established the temporary cemetery, the first American cemetery on French soil in World War II.<ref name=ABMC>Source:[http://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries/cemeteries/no.php American Battle Monument Commission] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051126030757/http://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries/cemeteries/no.php |date=November 26, 2005 }}</ref> After the war, the present-day cemetery was established a short distance to the east of the original site. | On June 6, 1944, the 607th Quartermaster Graves Registration Company of the [[U.S. First Army]] established the temporary cemetery, the first American cemetery on French soil in World War II.<ref name=ABMC>Source:[http://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries/cemeteries/no.php American Battle Monument Commission] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051126030757/http://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries/cemeteries/no.php |date=November 26, 2005 }}</ref> After the war, the present-day cemetery was established a short distance to the east of the original site. | ||
It was dedicated on July 19, 1956, in the presence of [[Admiral (United States)|Admiral]] [[Thomas C. Kinkaid]] of the U.S. Navy, representing President | It was dedicated on July 19, 1956, in the presence of [[Admiral (United States)|Admiral]] [[Thomas C. Kinkaid]] of the U.S. Navy, representing President Dwight D. Eisenhower, and French General {{interlanguage link|Jean Ganeval|fr}}, representing President [[René Coty]]. | ||
Like all other overseas American cemeteries in France for World War I and II, the French Government has granted the United States a special [[Concession (territory)|concession]] to the land occupied by the cemetery, for an unlimited duration, free of any charge or any tax, as long as the United States maintains the cemetery. It does not benefit from [[extraterritoriality]] and remains the property of the French State.<ref name="treaty1947">[https://www.loc.gov/item/lltreaties-ustbv007 Agreement Concerning the Interment in France and in Territories of the French Union or the Removal to the United States of the Bodies of American Soldiers Killed in the War of 1939-1945] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240601152241/https://www.loc.gov/item/lltreaties-ustbv007/ |date=2024-06-01 }}, signed in Paris on October 1, 1947, Treaties and Other International Acts Series 1720.</ref> This cemetery is managed by the [[American Battle Monuments Commission]], a small [[Independent agencies of the United States government|independent agency]] of the [[U.S. federal government]], under Congressional acts that provide yearly financial support for maintaining them, with most military and civil personnel employed abroad. The U.S. flag flies over these granted soils.<ref name=ABMC/> | Like all other overseas American cemeteries in France for World War I and II, the French Government has granted the United States a special [[Concession (territory)|concession]] to the land occupied by the cemetery, for an unlimited duration, free of any charge or any tax, as long as the United States maintains the cemetery. It does not benefit from [[extraterritoriality]] and remains the property of the French State.<ref name="treaty1947">[https://www.loc.gov/item/lltreaties-ustbv007 Agreement Concerning the Interment in France and in Territories of the French Union or the Removal to the United States of the Bodies of American Soldiers Killed in the War of 1939-1945] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240601152241/https://www.loc.gov/item/lltreaties-ustbv007/ |date=2024-06-01 }}, signed in Paris on October 1, 1947, Treaties and Other International Acts Series 1720.</ref> This cemetery is managed by the [[American Battle Monuments Commission]], a small [[Independent agencies of the United States government|independent agency]] of the [[U.S. federal government]], under Congressional acts that provide yearly financial support for maintaining them, with most military and civil personnel employed abroad. The U.S. flag flies over these granted soils.<ref name=ABMC/> | ||