Walls of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.

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.

The outside of the train car includes the name Amerikaanse Begraafplaats Margraten.

Since American forces liberated the southern Netherlands in the fall of 1944, the Dutch have been committed to honoring their sacrifice. They have adopted every gravesite at Netherlands American Cemetery. They sponsor an annual concert to mark the anniversary of the liberation.

A large group of students stand on the steps of the memorial building to sing.

Sicily-Rome American Cemetery hosted a ceremony last week commemorating the 73rd anniversary of the Allied landings at Anzio and Nettuno.

Two men stand behind the headstone, and snow covers the ground.

American forces that fought in Europe during World War II are far from forgotten in the towns and villages they helped to liberate.

Four men in suits stand in front of an American and French flag.

ABMC officially assumed ownership and responsibility for the Lafayette Escadrille Memorial Cemetery (LEMC) today, making it the 9th commemorative World War I cemetery administered by the agency.

A shirtless man peers down into a hole with a flashlight.

With the goal of clearing dangerous communist concentrations north of Saigon, American forces launched Operations Cedar Falls and Junction City, arguably the largest American operations in the Vietnam War, in early 1967.

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.

Izumi walks towards Patton's headstone to lay a wreath.

Proving that patriotism cannot be measured by a person’s race or culture, World War II, Korea and Vietnam War veteran Robert Nobuo Izumi has lived nearly his entire life serving our country.  Izumi, who is a Japanese-American, was forced into an internment camp with his family shortly after

Paul Holland points to his great uncle's name on the Tablets of the Missing.

The cost of war cannot be measured in just combat deaths. More than 16 million Americans served in World War II, and the inherent risk of war touched all corners of the Armed Forces.