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19-934: One of three American war cemeteries in Belgium (along with the Ardennes American Cemetery and Flanders Field ) it is administered by the American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC). The majority of the fallen buried at Henri-Chapelle were killed during the Allied push in Germany during late 1944 and early 1945. The fallen from two key military engagements fill the cemetery; the First United States Army 's drive through northern France, Belgium, Netherlands, and Luxembourg into Germany in September 1944; and

38-400: A central road passes through the cemetery. There is a chapel and visitor 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. service personnel (a bronze rosette next to a name identifies a person who has since been located or identified). The statue Angel of Peace , created by Donal Hord ,

57-463: A cross with arms of equal length, as in a plus sign, while the Latin cross designates a cross with an elongated descending arm. Numerous other variants have been developed during the medieval period . Christian crosses are used widely in churches, on top of church buildings, on bibles, in heraldry, in personal jewelry, on hilltops, and elsewhere as an attestation or other symbol of Christianity. Crosses are

76-498: A prominent feature of Christian cemeteries , either carved on gravestones or as sculpted stelae . Because of this, planting small crosses is sometimes used in countries of Christian culture to mark the site of fatal accidents, or, such as the Zugspitze or Mount Royal , so as to be visible over the entire surrounding area. Catholic , Anglican and Lutheran depictions of the cross are often crucifixes, in order to emphasize that it

95-488: Is Jesus that is important, rather than the cross in isolation. Large crucifixes are a prominent feature of some Lutheran churches, e.g. as a rood . However, some other Protestant traditions depict the cross without the corpus, interpreting this form as an indication of belief in the resurrection rather than as representing the interval between the death and the resurrection of Jesus. Several Christian cross variants are available in computer-displayed text. A Latin cross ("†")

114-574: Is included in the extended ASCII character set, and several variants have been added to Unicode , starting with the Latin cross in version 1.1. For others, see Religious and political symbols in Unicode . Basic variants, or early variants widespread since antiquity . A total number of 15 variants. [REDACTED] For use in documents made using a computer, there are unicode code-points for these crosses. (Some systems display these symbols in colour or with

133-461: Is one of three American war cemeteries in Belgium, the other two being at Flanders Field and Henri-Chapelle and is administered by the American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC). The site of the cemetery was liberated from German control by the U.S. 1st Infantry Division on 8 September 1944. A temporary cemetery was established on the site on 8 February 1945. After the war, the Ardennes site

152-668: The Army Quartermaster Corps during much of the life of the Service. The Graves Registration Service interred the dead at the Ardennes cemetery in the distinctive grave pattern proposed by the architect and approved by the commission. When the interment program was completed the cemetery was turned over to the ABMC for maintenance and administration. The Ardennes American Cemetery is generally rectangular in shape. Its grave plots are arranged in

171-827: The Battle of the Bulge (including the Battle of Hurtgen Forest and later taking of Aachen ). Following the war, the American Graves Registration Service began to repatriate the bodies to the United States. Disinterments began on 27 July 1947, and the first shipment of bodies left the Belgian port of Antwerp in October 1947. The moment was marked by a large commemoration attended by over 30,000 Belgian citizens. The cemetery placed graves in arcs across gently sloping lawns, and

190-467: The British West Indies. 777 of the headstones mark the graves of 792 unidentified bodies. Among the headstones are eleven instances in which two brothers are buried side by side. There are also three cases in which two identified airmen are buried in single graves. The cemetery is closed to future interments, with exceptions made for recently recovered remains of American World War II dead. In 1992,

209-550: The Bulge . They include some service troops who were fighting as infantry . Others died in the advance to the Rhine and across Germany, and in the strategic bombardment of Europe. Three-fifths of those buried in the cemetery were airmen. The dead came from almost every state in the Union as well as from Washington, D.C., Canada, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Ireland, the Philippines, and

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228-567: The United States. This facade was designed by C. Paul Jennewein . The facade on the far (north) end, which overlooks the burial area, bears the insignia in mosaic of the major United States units which operated in northwest Europe in World War II. Along the outside of the memorial are the "Tables of the Missing", granite slabs on which are inscribed the names of 462 American missing (15 Navy and 447 Army and Army Air Forces ) who gave their lives in

247-435: The cemetery, their graves are marked by special headstones with gold lettering: Other notable burials include: Greek cross The Christian cross , with or without a figure of Christ included, is the main religious symbol of Christianity . A cross with a figure of Christ affixed to it is termed a crucifix and the figure is often referred to as the corpus ( Latin for "body"). The term Greek cross designates

266-488: The form of a Greek cross separated by two broad intersecting paths. At the east end of the traverse path is a bronze figure symbolizing American youth, designed by sculptor C. Paul Jennewein . The cemetery is surrounded on all sides by stands of trees. An approach drive leads to the memorial, a rectangular structure bearing on its south facade a 5 m (16 ft) high American eagle with three figures symbolizing Justice, Liberty, and Truth and thirteen stars representing

285-482: The remains of American war dead were discovered in a forest east of Elsenborn , Belgium. Through DNA testing , one set of remains was identified as Sgt. John T. Puckett of Wichita, Kansas , who had been listed as Missing in Action during the Battle of the Bulge . Puckett's family requested he be interred in the Ardennes cemetery; his burial there took place on 18 June 2005. Three Medal of Honor recipients are honored in

304-470: The service of their country, but whose remains were never recovered or identified. Within the memorial are a chapel , three large wall maps composed of inlaid marble , marble panels depicting combat and supply activities and other ornamental features. Many of the 5,329 people interred at the Ardennes American Cemetery died during Nazi Germany's final major offensive in the west, the Battle of

323-575: The site. Architects Reinhard, Hofmeister & Walquist of New York City were hired to design the cemetery and memorial, while the landscaping was designed by Richard K. Webel of Roslyn, New York . Construction of the cemetery and memorial was completed in 1962. The Ardennes American Cemetery served as the location of the Central Identification Point for the Graves Registration Service (now known as Mortuary Affairs) of

342-403: Was designated a permanent cemetery, becoming one of 14 permanent cemeteries for American World War II dead on foreign soil. All temporary cemeteries were disestablished by the U.S. Army, and the bodies of those whose next of kin requested permanent burial overseas were moved to one of the fourteen permanent cemeteries. The American Battle Monuments Commission oversaw the design and construction of

361-533: Was unveiled at the cemetery in 1956. Several Medal of Honor recipients are buried in the cemetery: Other notables: Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial is a Second World War American military war grave cemetery, located in the village of Neuville-en-Condroz , near the southeast edge of Neupré , some 20 km (12 mi) south-west of Liège in Belgium. The cemetery, dedicated in 1960, contains 5,329 American war dead and covers 90.5 acres (36.6 ha). It

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