The American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) was established by Congress in 1923 as an independent federal agency to oversee its sacred mission in perpetuity.
The American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) was created in 1923 to commemorate the service and sacrifice of the U.S. Armed Forces.
More than 200,000 American fallen and Missing in Action (MIA) are interred and honored at our cemeteries and memorials.
More than a half million Americans gave their life during World War I and World War II. They died fighting to protect freedom and democracy around the world. Hear family members remember those they lost, who are buried overseas in North Africa American Cemetery.
Never Forgotten follows the story of Sergeant Paul Maynard, a doughboy from Connecticut. Among the first to volunteer for the Army, Paul survived some of the most brutal fighting American forces endured, including the Battle of Belleau Wood, the Saint-Mihiel Campaign, and the Meuse-Argonne Offensive.
Designed for the visitor center at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, this film presents visitors with an immersive, World War I experience.
On November 11, 1918 an armistice was signed between the Germans and the Allies, ending World War I.
On September 26, 1918 the U.S. Army launched one of the largest offensives in American Military history, the Meuse-Argonne Campaign of the First World War.
ABMC Secretary Max Cleland remembers the sacrifice of our fallen this Memorial Day weekend.
This World War I cemetery in France contains the graves of nearly 14,250 war dead, and nearly 1,000 names on the Walls of the Missing.
Established by Congress in 1923, ABMC manages 26 overseas military cemeteries, and 29 memorials, monuments, and markers.