Posted on Nov 27, 2016
Thousands of American military graves lie forgotten and lost abroad
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Another old article, but something to think about. While on vacation in a foreign country, I ran across such a site and inquired about its disrepair. The response was that those who normally took care of it ( a former VFW Post) were either no longer living or in the country. It was a sad thing to bear and reminds me that I have to see if some of the prodding I did while I was there and when I left resulted in any results.
Thousands of American military graves lie forgotten and lost abroad
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SGT (Join to see) wow, this is a powerful read/share, I had no ideal of all the graves that were lost abroad. We must fix it as a nation going forward!
We don’t know how many Americans who died while serving during wartime are buried on foreign soil. Why? For one, there isn’t a single organization that tracks the burials. There is no database of every American service member buried overseas. And the reason why there is no database is because finding all of America’s war dead is a complicated process.
We don’t know how many Americans who died while serving during wartime are buried on foreign soil. Why? For one, there isn’t a single organization that tracks the burials. There is no database of every American service member buried overseas. And the reason why there is no database is because finding all of America’s war dead is a complicated process.
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