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Serene images of military cemeteries with rows of white crosses, honoring fallen soldiers from historical battles.

1990S Tombstones In Veteran'S Cemetery Los Angeles California
1990S Tombstones In Veteran'S Cemetery Los Angeles California
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U.S. Army Air Forces 2nd Lt. William J. McGowan was laid to rest at Normandy American Cemetery, France, on July 9, 2022, nearly 80 years after he was killed during operations in France during World War II. McGowan was laid to rest with full military honors with family, friends and local officials in attendance. He was interred approximately 350 miles away from his uncle and namesake, who died during World War I and is buried at the Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, France.Prior to his identification and burial, McGowans name was recorded on the Walls of the Missing at NOAC, which features the inscribed names of approximately 1,600 individuals missing from WWII. A rosette was placed next to his name after the burial ceremony to indicate he has now been accounted for.
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Headstones at the Bretteville-surLaize Canadian war Cemetery in France
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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.
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Manila American Cemetery, Fort Bonifacio, Manila, Luzon, Philippines, Asia
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USA, Rhode Island, Old military ceremony with Newport toll bridge in background
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Cemetery for fallen soldiers of the world wars, symbolic photo for Remembrance Day. Stuttgart Forest Cemetery, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe
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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
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Grave, of Private Hugh A. McKenna of the 355th Infantry, 89th Division, last American killed in action November 11, 1918, Aisne-Marne American Cemetery, Belleau, France, September 1939
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Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument. Custer National Cemetery. The remains of almost five thousand U.S. soldiers, known and unknown, killed in action or veterans of the U.S. army, lie in it. State of Montana. United States.
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U.S. Marines with Fleet Marine Force, Atlantic, Marine Forces Command, Marine Forces Northern Command, Marine Aviation Support Detachment, Expeditionary Warfare Training Group Atlantic, Marine Corps Security Force Training Company, Northwest Annex and Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2582 pay their respects at Albert G. Horton, Jr. Memorial Veterans Cemetery, Virginia, May 27, 2022. The Albert G. Horton, Jr. Memorial Veterans Cemetery, opened in 2004 as a resting place for more than 12,750 veterans and their family members. Memorial Day was officially established by Congress as a national observance in 1971.
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Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Funeral of military Waalwijk. Flowers above the quarry. March 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies
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Anefo photo collection. Commemoration of Arnhem, Airbornekerkhof, lay flowers by children. September 16, 1954. Arnhem
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Vintage Photograph. Tombstones at Arlington Cemetery.
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Bastogne, Belgium - July 17 2021: View on graves at the Recogne German war cemetery Bastogne, Belgium - July 17 2021: Panoramic view on graves at the German war cemetery in Bastogne, most of the buried died during the Battle of The Bulge in the Ardennes Copyright: xZoonar.com/StevenxVanxAerschotx 22345039
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Belgium, Liege, Neupre, crosses on cemetery, American War cemetery
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Cemetery and monument, presumably from the American Civil War, c. 1890 - c. 1920 photograph  United States of America (possibly) paper cyanotype monument, statue. churchyard, cemetery
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Oklahoma City National Memorial and Museum, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America, North America
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Anefo photo collection. German cemetery Ysselsteyn in Limburg. June 18, 1963. Germany, Limburg, Ysselsteyn
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Hamilton Ontario Canada Military cemetery
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1990s STONE MARKS WHERE CUSTER FELL JUNE 25, 1876 DURING LITTLE BIGHORN BATTLE CUSTER BATTLEFIELD NATIONAL MONUMENT MONTANA USA
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Bayeux War Cemetery, Bayeux, Calvados, Normandy, France
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England, North Yorkshire, Harrogate. Remembrance poppies and crosses at the War Memorial.
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A bugler from the U.S. Army Band, "Pershing's Own", plays "Taps" during a wreath-laying at the Battle of the Bulge monument in Section 46, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va., Jan. 25, 2023. The ceremony commemorated the ending of the Battle of the Bulge on this date in 1945.The Battle of the Bulge, described by Winston Churchill as "undoubtedly the greatest American battle" of World War II, took place in the Ardennes Forest region of Belgium and Luxembourg from December 16, 1944, to January 25, 1945. The last major German counteroffensive on the Western Front, it ended in victory for Allied forces under the command of General Dwight D. Eisenhower  but at great cost. Soldiers fought in brutal winter conditions, and the U.S. Army lost approximately 19,000 men (and suffered some 75,000 total casualties) in what became the United States' deadliest single World War II battle.
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U.S. Army Soldier Sgt. 1st Class Adrienne Doctor sounds "Taps" in Arlington National Cemetery during a snowstorm on January 19, 2024, in Arlington, VA.
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Vintage Photograph. Memorial day cemetery.
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Commonwealth War Cemetery, Albert, Somme, Picardy, France
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Headstones at the Bretteville-surLaize Canadian war Cemetery in France
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Members of the Air Force Honor Guard prepare to fire a salute during a funeral ceremony at the Arlington National Cemetery. Base: Arlington State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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Military cemetery, Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, military graves, war graves, grave, graves, Europe
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Flag-draped casket carried by horse-drawn caisson during a funeral, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, USA Thomas J. O'Halloran, U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection, March 6, 1959
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Civil War Battlefield.
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Snow falls in Section 64 of Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va., Jan. 3, 2022. This was the first snow of the year.
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Graves and Monuments at Spioenkop Battlefield. Near Winterton. KwaZulu Natal. South Africa
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Anefo photo collection. German cemetery Ysselsteyn in Limburg. June 18, 1963. Germany, Limburg, Ysselsteyn
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Graves, Memorial, Kesselschlacht bei Halbe, Brandenburg, Germany, Europe
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Tyne Cot World War One Cemetery, the largest British War cemetery in the world in Passendale, Belgium
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Headstones at the Bretteville-surLaize Canadian war Cemetery in France
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Military Cemetery on Mt. Scopus, 1917, Jerusalem, Israel
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Memorials to the fallen soldiers of the American Civil War on East Cemetery Hill in Gettysburg National Military Park in Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania, USA
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Truong Son Cemetery for North Vietnamese soldiers near Quang Tri, Vietnam.
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The Cost Of War; The sister of SGT. Johnson mourns the lost of her brother on Veteran's Day 2004; Florida National Cemetery, Bushnell, Fl.
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Canadian military graves at Saint Margarets in Bodelwyddan North Wales. Canadian troops were based at the nearby Kinmel Park camp
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US American Military Cemetery, Cimetière militaire américain de Saint-Avold, English Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial, Saint-Avold, Moselle, France, Europe
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Kanchanaburi War Cemetery (Don Rak) is the historical monuments of allied prisoners of the World War II who died during the construction of the Death Railway in Kanchanaburi Province, Thailand
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Tombs of the Unknown Soldiers, National Park Andersonville or Camp Sumter, Civil War prison and cemetery
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War cemetry at the slaghenaufi village, lavarone, Italy
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Military cemetery in memory of the fallen soldiers of World War 1, Vladslo, Belgium, Europe
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An Air Force bagpiper plays during the funeral of Brig. Gen. Charles E. McGee at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va., June 17, 2022. McGee, a Tuskegee Airman, died Jan. 16, 2022 at the age of 102. He served 30 years during World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War.
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The Royal Navy Cemetery (The Glade), opened in 1812, containing over 1000 graves including 24 from World War I and 39 from WWII, managed by the Bermuda National Trust, Sandys Parish, Bermuda, Atlantic, North America
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Mariawald War Cemetery, Heimbach, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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The U.S. Air Force Honor Guard and the U.S. Air Force Ceremonial Brass Band conduct modified military funeral honors with funeral escort for U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Michael Collins in Section 51 of Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va., Jan. 30, 2023. After graduating from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in 1952, Collins joined the Air Force and became a fighter pilot. In January 1954, Collins joined the 21st Fighter-Bomber Wing at George Air Force Base, Calif., where he learned to deliver nuclear weapons in his F-86 Sabre jet. From 1959 to 1963, he was a test pilot for the Air Force Flight Test Center at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. There, he tested performance, stability, and control characteristics of experimental Air Force fighter jets. During his career, he logged over 4,200 hours of flying time.In October 1963, Collins joined NASA as a member of the third group of NASA astronauts. During the Gemini 10 mission, Collins became the third U.S. astronaut to complete a
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The German Military Cemetery of World War I in Vladslo Belgium
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Montana, Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument, Last Stand Hill, Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer fell here June 25, 1876
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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
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U.S. Army Soldier Sgt. 1st Class Adrienne Doctor sounds "Taps" in Arlington National Cemetery during a snowstorm on January 19, 2024, in Arlington, VA.
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Arlington National Cemetary, Washington, D.C., USA
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Private Joe Roberts of the Black Watch Regiment visiting the field of remembrance at Westminster Abbey commemorating the war dead
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Coffin lowering into grave in military cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, United States
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United States Air Force Honor Guard, Bolling Air Force Base, Washington, DC, participate in a Memorial Day ceremony at the Suresnes American Military Cemetery in Paris, France. Base: Paris Country: France (FRA)
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Korean War Veterans Memorial in Washington DC,United States,USA
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England, London, Westminster Abbey, The Field of Remembrance, Display of Memorial Crosses
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Fallen soldiers from Operation Iraqi Freedom remembered at Arlington National Cemetery
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National Cemetery, Winchester, Va. , Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States
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Cemetery, U. S. Veterans Administration, Los Angeles, California , Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States
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U.S. Navy Sailors assigned to Navy Region Hawaii and the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) conduct an interment ceremony held at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii, May 31, 2022. DPAA and retired military members paid their respects and honored the life of U.S. Navy Fire Controlman 3rd Class Jack A. Breedlove, who was assigned to the USS Oklahoma when the ship was attacked by Japanese aircraft during World War II. Breedlove was accounted for on March 1, 2021, nearly 80 years after the attacks on Pearl Harbor.
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Battle of Crysler's Farm National Historic Site
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Royal Engineers regimental badge on headstone at Cemetery of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission for First World War One British soldiers
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Grave of Colonel H Jones of 2nd Battalion Parachute Regiment, Falkland Islands
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France, Picardy, Somme Battlefields, Villers-Bretonneux, Australian National War Memorial to soldiers lost during WWI, unknown soldier gravestone.
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World War I Khaki Chums Cross Memorial to the Christmas Truce Football Match between English and German Troops in No Man's Land at Ploegsteert, West Flanders, Belgium, Europe
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Cemetery for Soviet prisoners of war, gravestone for unknown Russian soldier of World War II, war cemetery Tannenhausen, Aurich, Lower Saxony, Germany, Europe
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