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Military Cemeteries and Memorials

Peaceful images of military cemeteries across various locations, honoring fallen soldiers with neatly aligned headstones and trees.

American cemetery, Colleville, Normandy D_Day landings, Normandie Normandy, France, Europe

Stonegate WWII CWGC Military Cemetery at Harrogate in North Yorkshire that commemorated bomber command aircrew from Britain, Canada and New Zealand

ITOMAN, Japan (June 22, 2022) Candles illuminate the names of U.S. service members killed during the 1945 Battle of Okinawa at the Okinawa Peace Memorial Park in Itoman, Okinawa, Japan, June 22, 2022. The candle lighting was held on the eve of Okinawa Memorial Day, a prefectural holiday honoring those who died during the battle. U.S. Navy Sailors from Commander, Fleet Activities Okinawa (CFAO) and tenant commands were among the candle lighters. Peace Memorial Park is built on Mabuni Hill, the location of the end of the battle and the current site of memorial walls naming the more than 200,000 dead from all involved nations. This is the first candle lighting held since 2019 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. CFAO maintains and operates facilities to support the U.S. Navy's naval and aviation assets in the Indo-Pacific region.

Sculpture group Trauernde Soldaten by Emil Krieger and German graves at the First World War One military cemetery Deutscher Soldatenfriedhof Langemark, Studentenfriedhof in the mist, West Flanders, Belgium, Europe

Etaples Military Cemetery is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery in Etaples, near Boulogne on the north-west coast of France. The cemetery holds over 11,500 dead from both World War I and World War II

View of headstones in the U.S. Military Cemetery in Normandy, France.

Soldiers from the 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard), along with service members from the U.S. Marine Corps, the U.S. Navy, the U.S. Air Force, and the U.S. Coast Guard, place U.S. flags at every gravesite at Arlington National Cemetery as part of Flags-In, Arlington, Va., May 26, 2022.On this day, over 1,000 service members placed flags at more than 250,000 headstones and at the bottom of about 7,000 niche rows at Arlington National Cemetery and the U.S. Soldiers and Airmens Home National Cemetery.

Soldiers' graves at the Lortzingstrasse cemetery in Bad Pyrmont

Quiet view of an American military cemetery that celebrates the national pride in a quiet view of an American military cemetery that celebrates the national pride

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Reporting Semarang and surroundings. Ereveld Tjandi (Candi). March 1947. Indonesia, Java, Dutch East Indies, Semarang

Syria - Damascus area. French cemetery at Bamayr

France, Lorraine, Meuse, Verdun, Douaumont boneyard, cemetery

Quiet commentary scene

Cuacos de Yuste German Cemetery, region of de la Vera, Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain.

1870s 1990s CEMETERY AT CUSTER BATTLEFIELD LITTLE BIGHORN NATIONAL MONUMENT NEAR THE CROW AGENCY JUNE 1876 MONTANA USA

Members of the Gunsan community lie flowers on graves during a Republic of Korea Memorial Day ceremony at Gunsan City, Republic of Korea, June 6, 2022. The Republic of Korea annually celebrates Memorial Day on June 6, honoring ROK servicemembers and patriots who lost their lives serving their country. (U.S. Air Force photos by Senior Airman Shannon Braaten)

The United States Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron, known as the Thunderbirds, perform the first dual missing man formation over Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia, Sept. 14, 2022. The flyover honored twin Thunderbirds members, Lt. Gen. Charles Pattillo and Maj. Gen. Bill Pattillo, who flew as the first left and right wing pilots when the team was commissioned in 1953.

A bugler from the U.S. Army Band, "Pershing's Own", plays 'Taps' during the 95th Division Legacy Associations 72nd Reunion in Section 2 of Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va., Oct. 20, 2022. As part of the reunion, two wreaths were placed at the gravesite of U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Harry Twaddle, former 95th Division Commander.

Volunteers participate in the Wreaths Across America annual removal of wreaths, commonly known as Wreaths Out, in Section 65 at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va., Jan. 20, 2024. This year, nearly 3,000 volunteers removed approximately 260,000 wreaths originally placed at ANC on Dec. 16, 2023.

Black couple at military cemetery

Soldiers crosses at WWI Field of Remembrance and historic buildings, Queens Gardens, Dunedin, South Island, New Zealand

NOV 22, 2012 Manila, Philippines : Manila American Cemetery and Memorial. the largest number of graves of any cemetery for U.S. personnel killed during World War II.

Tech. Sgt. Richy Kruger and Senior Airman James Arredon, Airmen assigned to Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, place holiday wreaths on two graves at Arlington National Cemetery, Dec. 13, 2014. Both Kruger and Arredon said that volunteering to honor the fallen at Arlington was a natural extension of their duties at AFMAO.

Snow covered the ground and tops of markers where military veterans are buried at Little Big Horn

President Jimmy Carter lays a wreath in the cemetery in Normandy, France January 1, 1978

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry stands with Luxembourgian Prime Minister Xavier Bettel on July 17, 2016, as they look at the graves of two Massachusetts brothers - one of 22 instances in which two brothers rest side-by-side in adjacent graves - as they tour the Luxembourg American Cemetery and Memorial in Hamm, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg, following two days of bilateral meetings with government officials.

Pillars showing the numbers of the killed, wounded and missing soldiers of the three voluntary Irish Divisions at the Irish Peace Park, Irish Peace Tower, First World War One monument at Mesen, Messines, West Flanders, Belgium, Europe

An American Army soldier pays his respects to the fallen comrades of World War II in the American cemetery in Luxembourg. Exact Date Shot Unknown. Country: Unknown

Staying and performance of the 3rd battalion regiment Shock troops in the Dutch East Indies. Military cemetery.

President Joe Biden arrives to lay a wreath and observes a moment of silence on Wednesday, April 14, 2021, at Arlington, National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia.

First World War cemetery of Chinese labourers at Noyelles-sur-Mer, Bay of the Somme, Picardy, France, Europe

Tombstones in a cemetery, German War Cemetery Of Langemark, Langemark, Langemark-Poelkapelle, West Flanders, Flemish Region, Belgium

NORMANDY, France (June 6, 2019) Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy (MCPON) Russell Smith, left, and Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. John Richardson visit the Normandy American Cemetery in Normandy, France, June 6, 2019. Today marks the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings along the Normandy coast during World War II.

Gravestones at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, St. Louis, Missouri.

Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery and Memorial American war cemetery in Henri-Chapelle, Belgium, Europe

Africa, Gambia. Capital city of Banjul. Fajara War Memorial. African Pioneer Corps marker, 1942.

Stonegate WWII CWGC Military Cemetery at Harrogate in North Yorkshire that commemorated bomber command aircrew from Britain, Canada and New Zealand

QUEENS, NY - Senior Airman Domic Surinaga performs "Taps" at the funeral for retired Master Sgt. Timothy David Ryanat St. John's Cemetery in Queens, New York on December 16, 2016. In addition to other ceremonial duties, members of the 106th Honor Guard are often called upon to provide full military honors for veteran's funerals.

USA, Indiana, Indianapolis, Crown Hill Cemetery. A sign of tribute in front of the war veteran gravestones decorated with American flags for Memorial Day.

British military cemetery, Bayeux, D-Day, Normandy, France, Europe

USA, Washington DC, Arlington National Cemetery, Grave of Senator Robert Kennedy.

Soldiers from the 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard), the 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) Caisson Platoon, and the U.S. Army Band, Pershing’s Own” conduct full military honors for Army Private First Class Robert L. Alexander, in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va., Nov. 14, 2022.Alexander was killed during World War II and was accounted for on June 21, 2022.In July 1944, Alexander was a member of the 105th Infantry Regiment, 27th Infantry Division, fighting the Japanese on Saipan in the Mariana Islands. Alexander was killed July 7 when the Japanese general on Saipan ordered his forces into a mass suicide, or banzai,” attack against the 105th's lines.Following the end of the war, the American Graves Registration Service (AGRS) was tasked with investigating and recovering missing American personnel in the Pacific Theater. They searched for and disinterred remains on Saipan, but could not identify any as Alexander. He was declared non-recoverable in

Arlington National Cemetery

an infinite number of gravestones monument to Unknown Soldier Volgograd Russia July 12, 2015 Soviet military cemetery Copyright: xZoonar.com/mrivsergx 10285576

Tombstones and stone crosses at La Cambe German Second World War military cemetery, Normandy, France, Europe

Luxembourgian Prime Minister Xavier Bettel looks on as U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry places a pair of his Secretarial "Challenge Coins" at the graves of two Massachusetts brothers - one of 22 instances in which two brothers rest side-by-side in adjacent graves - as they tour the Luxembourg American Cemetery and Memorial in Hamm, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg, on July 17, 2016, following two days of bilateral meetings with government officials.

USA, Virginia, Arlington, Arlington National Cemetery, military gravestones, autumn

010527-N-0872M-503. Base: Uss Enterprise (CVN 65) State: Draguingnan Country: France (FRA)

Remembrance Day in Canada. People putting poppy flowers on Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Ottawa.

U.S. President Ronald Reagan and U.S. First Lady Nancy Reagan visiting grave of Theodore Roosevelt Jr., at Omaha Beach Cemetery during 40th anniversary of D-Day Landings, Colleville-sur-Mer, France, President Ronald Reagan White House Photographic Office, June 6, 1984

Germany, Hesse, Bathroom Orb, Gravestones, Prisoner of War Camp StaLag IX B, CrossRoads McPpuw 2025 000024 McPPUW

First World War One grave with photo of fallen soldier at the Belgian Military Cemetery at Houthulst, West Flanders, Belgium, Europe

In honor of Memorial Day, Sailors from Naval Medical Center Portsmouth (NMCP) placed American flags on the 880 graves located on Naval Support Activity Hampton Roads-Portsmouth Annex Captain Ted Conaway Memorial Naval Cemetery, May 26. The grave site is laid out in four quadrants forming a Greek cross, and the earliest marked grave is that of George Butler, a Sailor who fell to his death in an accident aboard the USS Constitution on Aug. 1, 1838. The cemetery's burials represent not only American dead, but also individuals from Brazil, Great Britain, France, the Netherlands, Russia Spain, Sweden and Germany are buried here. As the U.S. Navys oldest, continuously-operating military hospital since 1830, Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, part of the Tidewater Market, serves eligible beneficiaries at the nationally-acclaimed, state-of-the-art medical center, along with the areas 10 branch health and TRICARE Prime Clinics.

Vintage Photograph. Canberra's anzac parade and war memorial awash with floral tributes.

7 july memorial, hyde park, london

Graves at the German military cemetery Nasswand from World War I in the Dolomites, Italy, Europe

Berlin, Holocaust Memorial

National Cemetery, Vicksburg Battlefield, Mississippi, United States of America, North America

Black and white confederate graves

Europe, Poland, Eastern Mazovia; Treblinka Site remnants; WW2 Concentration Camp, 17,000 Stone Memorial

Markers at the temporary memorial, near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, honoring the passengers and crew of Flight 93, hijacked on September 11, 2001. Secretary Gale Norton visited the site to swear in the members of the Flight 93 National Memorial Federal Advisory Commission

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Headstones, Italian military cemetery, Munich, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

A war veteran touring the Field of Remembrance at St Margaret's Church in Westminster, London

Feldscheune Isenschnibbe Gardelegen memorial, cemetery of honour with graves and crosses for 1016 concentration camp prisoners from many European countries who were murdered there in a field barn on 13 April 1945, Gardelegen, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, Europe

Soldiers from the 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) participate in Flags-In, where Soldiers placed U.S. flags at the headstones and niche of service members buried at Arlington National Cemetery, Va. Over 250,000 flags were planted at the final resting place of our Nation's fallen. Secretary of the Army Christine Wormuth participates in the event.

YOKOHAMA, Japan (June 8, 2022) Volunteers cleanup at the Yokohama Foreign General Cemetery from Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka's (CFAY) Ikego Detachment to assist in the upkeep of the Yokohama Foreign General Cemetery. For 75 years, CFAY has provided, maintained, and operated base facilities and services in support of the U.S. 7th Fleet's forward deployed naval forces, tenant commands, and thousands of military and civilian personnel and their families.

Soldiers from the 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) participate in Flags-In, where Soldiers placed U.S. flags at the headstones and niche of service members buried at Arlington National Cemetery, Va. Over 250,000 flags were planted at the final resting place of our Nation's fallen. Secretary of the Army Christine Wormuth participates in the event.

USA, Virginia, Arlington, Arlington National Cemetery, signs

DA-SD-05-00595. Base: Arlington National Cemetery State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Day of Remembrance. Columbia astronaut William McCools family representatives Jane Tani and Dan Tani, visit the Space Shuttle Columbia Memorial after a wreath laying ceremony that was part of NASA's Day of Remembrance, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023, at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va. Wreaths were laid in memory of those men and women who lost their lives in the quest for space exploration.

Temporary U.S. Military Cemetery, North Coast, Sicily, Italy, William R. Wilson, U.S. Office of War Information, 1945

The Australian Cemetery in the Vallee de la Somme in the Le Nord & Picardy region of France. The Battle of the Somme took place in the First World War between 1st July and 21st November 1916. Over 600,000 allied and 465,000 German troops lost there lives in the battle.

In the triangular field of service of the Korean War Veterans Memorial, located on the National Mall near the west end of the Reflecting Pool, 19 stainless steel statues depict a squad on patrol. The figures represent members of the Air Force, Army, Marines, and Navy from a variety of ethnic backgrounds. The strips of granite and scrubby juniper bushes suggest the rough terrain and the windblown ponchos suggest the harsh weather encountered. Portion of the Lincoln Memorial can be seen in the background. Exact Date Shot Unknown. Base: Washington State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

German war cemetery, Second World War, Cuacos de Yuste, La Vera, Extremadura, Spain, Europe

The 1st Special Forces Command (Airborne) hold a wreath-laying ceremony at the gravesite of President John F. Kennedy in Section 45 of Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, Sept. 27, 2022. This ceremony is held yearly to commemorate President Kennedys contributions to the U.S. Army Special Forces, including authorizing the Green Beret as the official headgear for all U.S. Army Special Forces and his uncompromising support to the regiment.

Clif Twaddle speaks during the 95th Division Legacy Associations 72nd Reunion in Section 2 of Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va., Oct. 20, 2022. Twaddle's grandfather, former 95th Division Commander U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Harry Twaddle, is buried in Section 2. As part of the reunion, two wreaths were placed at the gravesite of Maj. Gen. Twaddle.

Original shell-blasted tree showing bullet holes at Sanctuary Wood Museum Hill 62 at Zillebeke, Belgium, Europe

England, London, Whitehall. Metropolitan Police officers form a cordon around the Cenotaph in Whitehall after the Remembrance Day Parade.

World War II Cemetery, Thailand

EUROPE, Poland, Eastern Mazovia Treblinka, site remnants WW2 concentration camp; 17,000 Stone Memorial

KZ Gedenkstätte Bergen-Belsen KZ Gedenkstätte Bergen-Belsen Copyright: xZoonar.com/HGVorndranx 21446111

A personal photo of Sergeant 1st Class Jared C. Monti, the first Soldier recipient for actions in Afghanistan/Operation Enduring Freedom.

Secretary Gale Norton in front of marker for former Fish and Wildlife Service staff member Richard Guadagno, at the temporary memorial, near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, honoring the passengers and crew of Flight 93, hijacked on September 11, 2001. Norton visited the site to swear in the Flight 93 National Memorial Federal Advisory Commission

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