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re: No other country has a cemetery here, but we have cemeteries there.
Posted on 4/17/24 at 5:28 pm to RogerTheShrubber
Posted on 4/17/24 at 5:28 pm to RogerTheShrubber
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I have a bizarre, dark fixation with WWI.
Somebody has to. The sequel is immensely more romanticized.
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Posted on 4/17/24 at 5:29 pm to loogaroo
So, we're talking about cemetery locations now? Good Lord, what's wrong with you people?
Posted on 4/17/24 at 5:31 pm to loogaroo
There are 4 British sailors buried on Ocrakoke Island in North Carolina. The land was officially ceded to Great Britain so they could be buried on British land.
Posted on 4/17/24 at 5:49 pm to Indefatigable
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France, Belgium, and the Netherlands are pretty serious about maintaining the US cemeteries located there.
Agreed. Normandy is one of the most solemn places I've ever seen.
Posted on 4/17/24 at 5:59 pm to loogaroo
quote:Apologies, but I just do not "get" your point.
What country have we given land to here for a cemetery?
Why would the US (or any subdivision thereof) give land to another country for a military cemetery on US soil, when no foreign allied troops have died on US soil?
It sounds as if you see this lack as some terrible thing when the entire concept is utterly counter-intuitive.
This post was edited on 4/17/24 at 6:07 pm
Posted on 4/17/24 at 6:04 pm to Auburn80
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There are 4 British sailors buried on Ocrakoke Island in North Carolina. The land was officially ceded to Great Britain so they could be buried on British land.
Didn’t know that. Thanks for sharing!
Posted on 4/17/24 at 7:31 pm to RogerTheShrubber
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I have a bizarre, dark fixation with WWI.
as do I. I think in large part because it’s such a large blind spot for Americans, particularly because we aren’t educated very well about the topic. (or weren’t)
in all seriousness, EA and DICE taking the bold move of making a WW1 game 8 or so years ago sparked my fascination, and it’s a borderline obsession now. so many parts of our modern culture can be directly traced to August 1914
Posted on 4/18/24 at 1:04 am to RogerTheShrubber
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At the Somme, you can trace the old trench lines by the cemeteries dotting the farmland. Some have just a few soldiers, others tens of thousands.
Just found that. Thanks. I’m going to dig into that. I love stuff like that.
I’ve followed the bombing runs on the Ploesti refinery during WW2. You can find maps and written accounts of the raid. Then look at Satellite view and see the bomb craters etc.
Same with the Arc Light raids in Viet Nam. The farmers there have made fish ponds out of some of the bomb craters.
Posted on 4/18/24 at 6:03 am to Bigfishchoupique
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Just found that. Thanks. I’m going to dig into that. I love stuff like that.
Steven Upton has some drone vids on youtube of various Cemetaries and battlefields along the Western Front. He uses old trench maps.
Sanctuary Wood and Hooge Crater
Posted on 4/18/24 at 6:05 am to WinnPtiger
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as do I. I think in large part because it’s such a large blind spot for Americans, particularly because we aren’t educated very well about the topic. (or weren’t)
The sheer amount of violence that occurred along the trench lines is unfathomable. I would love to hear what peak artillery sounded like on the first day of the Verdun attack...
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