Hallowed Grounds: St. Mihiel

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In the documentary, Hallowed Grounds, it explains the twenty two United States military cemeteries in eight countries following the path of World War I and World War II. These military cemeteries are located in England, France, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Belgium, Italy, Tunisia, and the Philippines. During these two wars, approximately seventy thousand people had laid died in foreign countries. Sixty percent of the American soldiers’ families wanted for their remains to be brought back and buried and the other forty percent of the American soldiers’ families wanted their remains to remain overseas and buried. Many of the American soldiers had died overseas, from wounds against France, and from the Spanish flu epidemic in 1918. One interesting United States military cemetery is called Sicily-Rome. In Sicily Rome, there are eight thousand service men and women and three thousand ninety five names inside the …show more content…

Mihiel. In St. Mihiel, there are four thousand one hundred and fifty three soldiers buried within the soil. Majority of the soldiers who died resulted in the reduction of the St. Mihiel salient that threatened Paris. In the center of the cemetery there is a sundial with a craving of an American eagle. On the base of the craving is General Pershing’s famous quote, “Time will not dim the glory of their deeds.” According to me, General Pershing quote signifies that as time goes on the accomplishments of the soldiers would remain known and never forgotten. Not only is there a carving of an American eagle, but there is a mosaic portraying an angel sheathing his sword. Also, on the two walls of the museum there are two hundred and eighty four names of the missing soldiers. Even though there are not many missing names as in Sicily-Rome American Cemetery, each of these cemetery have a statue that signifies what each cemetery holds within each

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