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The cemetery placed graves in arcs across gently sloping lawns, and a central road passes through the cemetery. There is a chapel and visitor's center containing carved granite maps showing the advance of U.S. forces across
Belgium and into Germany. A colonnade features the names of 450 missing U.S.
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Germany during late 1944 and early 1945. The fallen from two key military engagements fill the cemetery; the
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began to repatriate the bodies to the United States. Disinterments began on 27 July 1947, and the first shipment of bodies left the
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pilot, the highest in rank buried at Henri-Chapelle; namesake of
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558:Flanders Field American Cemetery and Memorial
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336:), for action against enemy forces in Germany
319:), for action against enemy forces in Belgium
156:Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery and Memorial
16:ABMC World War II cemetery in Liège, Belgium
761:North Africa American Cemetery and Memorial
172:. It is 3 km (2 mi) northwest of
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655:Sicily–Rome American Cemetery and Memorial
594:Lafayette Escadrille Cemetery and Memorial
579:Aisne-Marne American Cemetery and Memorial
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614:Oise-Aisne American Cemetery and Memorial
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782:Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial
777:Brookwood American Cemetery and Memorial
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634:Suresnes American Cemetery and Memorial
609:Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial
599:Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial
584:Brittany American Cemetery and Memorial
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451:ABMC official Henri-Chapelle video .wmv
274:recipients are buried in the cemetery:
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385:"Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery"
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