Arkansas provided almost 72,000 soldiers during World War I, of whom over 18,000 were African Americans. The 39th Division (National Guard) drew units and fillers from Arkansas. Draftees from Arkansas provided much of the original manpower of the 87th Division.
Secretary William M. Matz, Jr., spent time overseas last week at a number of ABMC cemeteries and memorials in France to gain a better understanding of the operational needs of the agency.
Due to ongoing snowfall in the Paris area and visitor safety concerns, Suresnes American Cemetery closed today, Friday, February 9, 2018 at noon local time. The cemetery is expected to re-open tomorrow, Saturday, February 10 under normal operating hours.
Due to ongoing snowfall in France and visitor safety concerns, Somme American Cemetery closed today, Friday, February 9, 2018 at noon local time. The cemetery is expected to re-open tomorrow, Saturday, February 10 under normal operating hours.
Just after midnight on February 3, 1943, the SS Dorchester, a U.S. Army troop ship, was passing through the frigid waters of the North Atlantic. The ship had left St. John’s, Newfoundland a couple of days earlier as part of a convoy.
Arizona provided 10,500 young men to the U.S. armed forces during World War I. More than 70 Arizonans are buried or memorialized in ABMC cemeteries overseas. The 40th Division (National Guard) drew units and fillers from Arizona.
In World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War, millions of Americans served far from home. In the various conflicts, service members fought in the waters of the Atlantic and Pacific. They traversed mountains in Italy, France, Korea and Vietnam.
Born in the 1980s, Dan Mercurio never met his great uncle SSgt. Robert Mercurio, who died in World War II. Killed in a plane crash in England in January 1945 and buried in Cambridge American Cemetery, few people alive today have a distinct, personal memory of Robert.
As 1967 came to a close, U.S. forces and their South Vietnamese allies seemed to be marching towards victory in the Vietnam War. American intervention, marked by such desperate initial battles as Ia Drang in 1965, had averted a communist takeover of South Vietnam. From that point U.S.