Died in the meuseargonne area, but there were also some civilians and other soldiers that were brought from other areas . Yes, but basically, most of the soldiers here died during the meuseargonne. The final result was dramatic for that battle. It was over 26,000 soldiers killed, 96,000 wounded, more or less. Of the soldiers are buried in that cemetery. We have a few civilians, maybe we will see some graves later on. Especially nurses, people from the american red cross, ymca, some special graves we will see walking in the graveyard. The cemetery itself were graves that were consolidated from smaller cemeteries. So when soldiers died in battle, they were buried in small cemeteries around the region. And then the American Government had made the decision that they would allow families to repatriate their loved ones after the war. So about 60 70 of the families brought their bodies back to the u. S. The other roughly 30 remained behind, and they were brought to the cemeteries that were n
26,000 american deaths. So there are more than 14,200 graves here, many of them who died in the meuseargonne area, but also some civilians and other soldiers brought from other areas . Yeah. But basically most of the soldiers here died during the meuseargonne, the final result which was dramatic for that battle. It was over 26,000 soldiers killed, 96,000 wounded, more or less. Its almost a half percent of the soldiers that are still buried here in france in that cemetery. We have few civilians, maybe well see some of the graves later on. Especially nurses, people from the American Red Cross, from the ymca, some special graves we will see walking in the graveyard. The cemetery itself, graves that were consolidated from smaller cemeteries. So when soldiers died in battle, they were buried in small cemeteries around the region, and then the American Government had made the decision that they would allow families to repatriate their loved ones after the war. So about 60 to 70 of the famili
Died in the meuseargonne area, but there were also some civilians and other soldiers brought from other areas. Yes, but basically, most of the soldiers here died during the meuseargonne. It was grammatical for that battle. It was over 26,000 soldiers killed, 96,000 wounded, more or less. Almost half a percent of the soldiers are buried in that france cemetery. We have a few civilians, maybe we will see some graves later on. Especially nurses, people from the american red cross, ymca, graves we will see walking in the graveyard. The cemetery itself were graves consolidated from smaller cemeteries. When soldiers died in battle, they were buried in small cemeteries around the region. And then the American Government had made the decision that they would allow families to repatriate their loved ones after the war. About 60 70 of the families brought their bodies back to the u. S. The other roughly 30 remained behind and they were brought to the cemeteries that were now maintained by the ba
BECKLEY, WV (WOAY) - Local, state, and federal agencies have made significant progress in the cold case investigation into the murders of Susan and Natasha "Alex" Carter. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjA8LYotDUA Earlier this month, they secured a confession from the alleged killer, Larry Webb. Yesterday, they discovered what are believed to be the remains of the two victims,
For decades, Sens. Bob Dole (R-KS) and Daniel Inouye (D-HI) served on different sides of the aisle. But before they had gone into politics, each served his country on the battlefields of Europe. Both men were grievously wounded during World War II while fighting fascism in Italy. Their story holds an important lesson: Although politics may temporarily divide us, our bond as Americans can never be dissolved.