Touring the American Cemetery at Normandy

9,387 American war dead are buried at Normandy American Cemetery at Colleville-sur-Mer, France.
The headstones are of white marble shaped like a Latin cross, except for the 149 topped by the Star of David, marking Jewish graves.
Three Medal of Honor recipients are buried here, along with 41 sets of brothers and even a father and son.
The cemetery's focal point - besides the graves - is the 22-foot high statue "The Spirit of American Youth Rising from the Waves".
For more information, go to www.stripes.com/normandy
Produced by Michael Abrams/Stars and Stripes

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This is such a humbling and somber place. Thank these men and women daily.