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==Cemetery== | ==Cemetery== | ||
[[File:Bony Carte postale 22.jpg|thumb|left|1920s postcard of Somme American Cemetery]] | [[File:Bony Carte postale 22.jpg|thumb|left|1920s postcard of Somme American Cemetery]] | ||
The {{convert|14.3|acre|m2|adj=on}} [[war cemetery]] was established in October 1918 on ground which saw heavy fighting just before and during the [[Battle of St Quentin Canal]]. It contains the graves of 1,844 of the United States' military dead from | The {{convert|14.3|acre|m2|adj=on}} [[war cemetery]] was established in October 1918 on ground which saw heavy fighting just before and during the [[Battle of St Quentin Canal]]. It contains the graves of 1,844 of the United States' military dead from World War I. Most lost their lives in the assault on the [[Hindenburg Line]] while serving in [[American II Corps]] attached to the [[British Fourth Army]]. Others were killed in operations near [[Cantigny, Somme|Cantigny]]. The headstones, set in regular rows, are separated into four plots by paths that intersect at the flagpole near the top of the slope. The longer axis leads to the chapel at the eastern end of the cemetery. | ||
A massive bronze door surmounted by an American eagle leads into the chapel, whose outer walls contain sculptured pieces of military equipment. Once inside, light from a cross-shaped crystal window above the marble altar bathes the subdued interior with light. The walls bear the names of 333 of the missing. Rosettes mark the names of those since recovered and identified. | A massive bronze door surmounted by an American eagle leads into the chapel, whose outer walls contain sculptured pieces of military equipment. Once inside, light from a cross-shaped crystal window above the marble altar bathes the subdued interior with light. The walls bear the names of 333 of the missing. Rosettes mark the names of those since recovered and identified. | ||