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American Battle Monuments Commission - Brittany American Cemetery

The Brittany American Cemetery and Memorial in France covers 28 acres of rolling farm country near the eastern edge of Brittany and contains the remains of 4,404 of our war dead, most of whom lost their lives in the Normandy and Brittany Campaigns of 1944. Along the retaining wall of the memorial terrace are inscribed the names of 500 of the missing. Rosettes mark the names of those since recovered and identified.

The gray granite memorial, containing the chapel as well as two large operations maps with narratives and flags of our military services, overlooks the burial area. Stained glass and sculpture embellish the structure. The cemetery is located on the site of the temporary American St. James Cemetery, established on August 4, 1944 by the U.S. Third Army. It marks the point where the American forces made their breakthrough from the hedgerow country of Normandy into the plains of Brittany during the offensive around Avranches, France.

Latitude	48.5189789
Longitude	-1.3039665
File name	https://www.abmc.gov/Brittany
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Linked to	Brittany American Cemetery and Memorial, Saint-James, Departement de la Manche, Basse-Normandie, France; Stoops, Merle N. (Burial)

Brittany American Cemetery and Memorial, Saint-James, Departement de la Manche, Basse-Normandie, France

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1		American Battle Monuments Commission - Brittany American Cemetery The Brittany American Cemetery and Memorial in France covers 28 acres of rolling farm country near the eastern edge of Brittany and contains the remains of 4,404 of our war dead, most of whom lost their lives in the Normandy and Brittany Campaigns of 1944. Along the retaining wall of the memorial terrace are inscribed the names of 500 of the missing. Rosettes mark the names of those since recovered and identified. The gray granite memorial, containing the chapel as well as two large operations maps with narratives and flags of our military services, overlooks the burial area. Stained glass and sculpture embellish the structure. The cemetery is located on the site of the temporary American St. James Cemetery, established on August 4, 1944 by the U.S. Third Army. It marks the point where the American forces made their breakthrough from the hedgerow country of Normandy into the plains of Brittany during the offensive around Avranches, France.
2		Entrance, Brittany American Cemetery and Memorial, Saint-James, Departement de la Manche, Basse-Normandie, France
3		Headstone, Stoops, Merle N. (1917-1944)

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