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Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial: Difference between revisions
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Revision as of 01:11, 26 January 2025
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* [[World War II]]: 9,387 | * [[World War II]]: 9,387 | ||
* | * World War I: [[Quentin Roosevelt]] (reburied here in 1955) | ||
|source=[http://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries/cemeteries/no.php American Battle Monuments Commission] | |source=[http://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries/cemeteries/no.php American Battle Monuments Commission] | ||
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[[File:Cimetiere Colleville Tombe General Roosevelt.jpg|thumb|300px|Headstone of Theodore Roosevelt Jr.]] | [[File:Cimetiere Colleville Tombe General Roosevelt.jpg|thumb|300px|Headstone of Theodore Roosevelt Jr.]] | ||
Among the burials at the cemetery are three recipients of the [[Medal of Honor]], including [[Theodore Roosevelt Jr.]], son of President [[Theodore Roosevelt]]. After the creation of the cemetery, another son of President Roosevelt, [[Quentin Roosevelt|Quentin]], who had been killed in | Among the burials at the cemetery are three recipients of the [[Medal of Honor]], including [[Theodore Roosevelt Jr.]], son of President [[Theodore Roosevelt]]. After the creation of the cemetery, another son of President Roosevelt, [[Quentin Roosevelt|Quentin]], who had been killed in World War I, was exhumed and reburied next to his brother. | ||
Notable burials at the cemetery include: | Notable burials at the cemetery include: | ||