10 Recently Identified RAF Airmen Remembered in Berlin Service
The remains of 10 previously unidentified RAF airmen were recently identified and a re-dedication service held for them at the Commonwealth War Graves Commission’s Berlin…
Project Faces of Margraten Connects Faces to American War Graves In The Netherlands
Dutch families by the thousands have tended the graves of American servicemen who were killed in World War II. For them, it is a gesture…
The Netherlands “Adopt-A-Grave” Program Praised by U.S. Families
In 1945 the people of The Netherlands started a program named “Adopt-A-Grave” to show their appreciation to the U.S. soldiers who sacrificed their lives for,…
The World War II Dead of Mount Olivet by Bill Beigel
Mount Olivet Cemetery in Fort Worth, Texas, is named after the Jewish cemetery in Israel. “Mount Olivet” means “Mount of Olives”; the Jewish cemetery is of…
A Second World War veteran is reburied after a conflict with the cemetery
[Via] After a family accused the Ever Green Cemetery in Louisville of a negligent mistake, a Second World War veteran and his adult son had…
Scottish Twins Died On the Same Day at Anzio During WWII
The Herald Scotland reported on January 21, 2014 the story of two Scottish twins who perished during the Second World War on the same day.…
Commonwealth War Graves Commission Set Out To Restore Destroyed Graves in Iraq
In Barsa, Iraq a cemetery where British soldiers from both World Wars were laid to rest, has been destroyed by vandals and looters. The graveyard…
Bodies of two Austro-Hungarian soldiers found, 95 years after death in the Italian Alps
Photo story: (From left): (1) Austro-Hungarian mountain troop Kaiserschützen in Tyrol, hilly territory between Italy and Austria, (2) Two dead bodies of presumed Kaiserschützen soldiers…
Volunteers Working to Restore the Honor for Those Buried in a Forgotten Cemetery
Deep in the dense jungle that’s located between Philadelphia and Yeadon, Pennsylvania… Oh. Wait. There are no jungles in Pennsylvania, just an overgrown cemetery. Yes,…
US Govt. shutdown effects stretch across the Atlantic- Tourists enraged at US D-Day Cemetery site in Normandy
Photo story: (Clockwise from top left) (1) American troops wade ashore on Omaha Beach, Normandy, France (2) Ships protected by barrage balloons landing supplies at…