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In 1934, President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] signed an executive order transferring control of the eight cemeteries to the ABMC, and made the commission responsible for the design, construction, maintenance and operation of all future permanent American military burial grounds outside the United States. | In 1934, President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] signed an executive order transferring control of the eight cemeteries to the ABMC, and made the commission responsible for the design, construction, maintenance and operation of all future permanent American military burial grounds outside the United States. | ||
The ABMC has been the caretaker of cemeteries, monuments and memorials for World War I, [[World War II]], the Korean War, the | The ABMC has been the caretaker of cemeteries, monuments and memorials for World War I, [[World War II]], the Korean War, the Vietnam War and the [[Mexican–American War]]. In 2013, [[Clark Veterans Cemetery]] in the Philippines became the 25th site under the control of the commission. Clark Veterans Cemetery dates back to the [[Philippine–American War]] at the turn of the 20th century.<ref>{{cite web| title=ABMC to Assume Control of Clark Veterans Cemetery| url=http://www.abmc.gov/news-events/news/abmc-assume-control-clark-veterans-cemetery| publisher=American Battle Monuments Commission| date=December 16, 2013| access-date=2 March 2015| archive-date=14 February 2015| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150214115802/http://www.abmc.gov/news-events/news/abmc-assume-control-clark-veterans-cemetery| url-status=live}}</ref> The [[Lafayette Escadrille]] Memorial Cemetery outside Paris, France was added to the commission's responsibilities in 2017.<ref>{{cite web| title=ABMC Assumes Ownership of Lafayette Escadrille Memorial Cemetery| url=https://www.abmc.gov/news-events/news/abmc-assumes-ownership-lafayette-escadrille-memorial-cemetery| publisher=American Battle Monuments Commission| date=January 9, 2017| access-date=7 February 2018| archive-date=12 October 2017| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171012165635/https://www.abmc.gov/news-events/news/abmc-assumes-ownership-lafayette-escadrille-memorial-cemetery| url-status=live}}</ref> | ||
==Structure== | ==Structure== | ||
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|[[Battery Park#East Coast Memorial|East Coast Memorial for the Missing]] | |[[Battery Park#East Coast Memorial|East Coast Memorial for the Missing]] | ||
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|4,611 U.S. sailors and service members lost in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] during the war | |4,611 U.S. sailors and service members lost in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] during the war | ||
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|[[West Coast Memorial to the Missing of World War II|West Coast Memorial to the Missing]] | |[[West Coast Memorial to the Missing of World War II|West Coast Memorial to the Missing]] | ||
| | |San Francisco | ||
|{{Flag|United States}} | |{{Flag|United States}} | ||
|417 U.S. sailors and service members lost in the Pacific Ocean theater | |417 U.S. sailors and service members lost in the Pacific Ocean theater | ||