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Abridged from the American Battle Monuments Commission Web
Site:
The Brittany American Cemetery, 28 acres in extent, lies among
the hedgerows in rolling farm country near the border between
the Brittany and Normandy regions of France. The site was liberated
on 2 August 1944 by the 8th Infantry Division; a temporary military
cemetery was established on it three days later. Subsequently,
the site was selected to be one of fourteen permanent American
World War II military cemeteries in Europe. The 4,410 American
military Dead buried in the Brittany American Cemetery lost their
lives in the area of northwestern France extending from the beachhead
westward to Brest and eastward to the Seine. Most of those died
in the fighting in and around St. Lo.
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