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The cemetery is open daily to the public from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. [[Philippine Standard Time|PHT]] except December 25 and January 1.<ref name=ABMC /> | The cemetery is open daily to the public from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. [[Philippine Standard Time|PHT]] except December 25 and January 1.<ref name=ABMC /> | ||
The cemetery also contains one [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]] War Dead burial from | The cemetery also contains one [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]] War Dead burial from World War I.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/49434/AMERICAN%20MILITARY%20CEMETERY,%20FORT%20BONIFACIO,%20MANILA|title=American Military Cemetery, Fort Bonifacio, Manila | Cemetery Details | CWGC}}</ref> | ||
==General layout== | ==General layout== | ||
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==Notable burials and memorials== | ==Notable burials and memorials== | ||
Twenty-nine | Twenty-nine Medal of Honor recipients are buried or memorialized at the Manila cemetery. Also honored are the five [[Sullivan Brothers]], who perished when the light cruiser {{USS|Juneau|CL-52|6}} was sunk in Nov. 1942. [[A. Peter Dewey]] (1916–1945), an [[Office of Strategic Services|OSS]] officer killed in Saigon shortly after World War II ended, is listed on the Tablets of the Missing.<ref>[http://www.abmc.gov/search-abmc-burials-and-memorializations/detail/WWII_104277#.VD_osIvF8Q4 American Battle Monuments Commission] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141022005513/http://www.abmc.gov/search-abmc-burials-and-memorializations/detail/WWII_104277 |date=October 22, 2014 }}.</ref> The [[Camp O'Donnell]] Memorial is dedicated to the memory of the "Battling Bastards of Bataan". | ||
===Medal of Honor recipients=== | ===Medal of Honor recipients=== | ||