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The cemetery is open daily to the public from 9:00&nbsp;a.m. to 5:00&nbsp;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&nbsp;a.m. to 5:00&nbsp;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 [[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 &#124; Cemetery Details &#124; CWGC}}</ref>
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 &#124; Cemetery Details &#124; CWGC}}</ref>


==General layout==
==General layout==
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==Notable burials and memorials==
==Notable burials and memorials==
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".
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===