Eric Geibel

God Bless All The Troops The Veterans And All The Men And Women Who Shed Blood Sweat And Tears And There Lives For Freedom, And The Freedom Of The United States Of America, God Bless America The Land That I Love Stand Beside Her And Guide Her Through The Night With A Light From Above From The Mountains To The Praries To The Oceans White With Foam God Bless America My Home Sweet Home~ Amen...ttt...Have A Blessed Memorial Day ...ttt...
Recognizing the need for a federal agency to take the lead in honoring U.S. servicemembers who died on foreign soil, Congress enacted legislation in 1923 to create the American Battle Monuments Commission The U.S. cemetery in Cambridge, England, contains the remains of 3,812 of American war dead from World War II.

"The American Battle Monuments Commission maintains and oversees American cemeteries and monuments around the world. They are commemorative sites honoring our nation's war heroes," retired Army Brig. Gen. John "Jack" Nicholson, secretary and chief executive officer of the commission, said.
The commission directs the administration and operation of 24 American military cemeteries and 25 monuments and memorials located in 15 countries, including three memorials in the United States. The commission is an agency of the executive branch of the federal government.
The commission maintains the sites with appropriated funds, Nicholson said, and employs about 300 foreign nationals.
"We sort of live by the motto of our first chairman, Gen. John J. Pershing, who said, 'Time will not dim the glory of their deeds,'" Charles A. Krohn, deputy chief of public affairs, said.
Its mission also includes designing and constructing new cemeteries and monuments. For instance, the commission designed, planned and raised money for the World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C., which was turned over to the National Park Service shortly after it opened on April 29, 2004.
The primary focus of the commission is World War I and World War II, but it also maintains a cemetery in Mexico City from the Mexican-American War (1846-48) and a cemetery in Panama that includes many U.S. troops and civilians who died of yellow fever while building the Panama Canal, Krohn said.
There are 124,917 American war dead interred in ABMC cemeteries: 30,921 from World War I, 93,246 from World War II, and 750 from the Mexican-American War, commission officials said.
The families of those killed during World War I and World War II had the option of bringing the bodies of their loved ones back to the United States for burial. But 39 percent allowed the remains to be buried overseas at American cemeteries. In 1949, the next of kin again had the option of repatriating the remains or leaving them overseas. Sixty-five percent opted to move the remains back to the U.S., Krohn said.
The American cemetery in Normandy, France, is the commission's most famous and most visited site, Nicholson said.
He said the Normandy cemetery, along with all the other sites, are a reminder to all people of what the U.S. has done for the cause of freedom. "The United States has willingly sent its young men and women to these foreign countries when asked to restore their freedom," Nicholson said. "We encourage people to visit them to be reminded of the sacrifice and courage of the Americans buried there."
Krohn said that on a visit to a commission cemetery in Tunisia in February, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld became a "legend" with the folks who work at the commission.
"As he was being escorted through he saw a cigarette butt on the ground and, without saying anything, he bent down, picked up the cigarette butt and put it in his pocket," Krohn said. "He may not have made much of it, but it was watched by a lot of people who were exceptionally moved by the thoughtfulness of that act."
The biggest challenge faced by the commission is getting people to visit some of its more obscure cemeteries and monuments, Krohn said. "We have cemeteries near Paris and Rome, but nobody knows about them. Spreading the word is our biggest challenge," he said.
Nicholson said visiting the sites is an educational experience, and everyone he has talked to has been glad they made the trip.
"I think there has never been an American or a person from any other country that has visited one of our cemeteries or memorials that regretted it," Nicholson said. "Go see them. You'll be glad you did."
By Steven Donald Smith, American Forces Press Service
Prayer For All The Men And Women In The Armed Forces And Veterans Of Our Country This Memorial Day Weekend Almighty Father God, We Commend To Your Gracious Care And Keeping All The The Veterans And Troops All The Men And Women Of Our Armed Forces, Defend Them At Home And Abroad With Your Mighty Right Hand, Shield And Protect Them Each And Every Day And Night Time Too. With Your Heavenly Comforting And Healing Grace, In All Their Trials And Temptations, Give Them Courage Mighty Father To Face The Perils Which Beset Them And Grant Them A Sense Of Your Abiding Presence Where Ever They May Be. Through Our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen....ttt....All Gave Some Some Gave All...ttt....

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