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Posted: 05 Feb 2020

Taken: 18 Sep 2019

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Young men, planted like seeds …

Young men, planted like seeds …
…that will never grow. Mostly young American men, in their teens or early twenties. Sons and husbands; butchers, bakers, candlestick makers; students, lawyers, teachers, mechanics, farmers, musicians, artists; also two sons of President Theodore Roosevelt (Theodore Roosevelt Jr and Quentin Roosevelt) are among the 9,388 people buried here.
The Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial in Colleville sur Mer, Normandy.

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 William Sutherland
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Outstanding documentary shot!

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4 years ago.
 John FitzGerald
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I remember hitchhiking along the Côte d'Opale 50 years ago, and seeing a Commonwealth War Cemetery every couple of miles, or so it seemed. Someone of my age was raised on a diet of documentaries and dramas about the war, but I think the actual devastation never struck me till then.

Maybe that made me more aware; I'm struck to this day by how every tiny Canadian town has a memorial to its war dead.
4 years ago. Edited 4 years ago.

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