The American Cemetery above Omaha Beach is one of the most beautiful I have seen, it is maintained by the American Battle Monuments Commission, and the Memorial there has a bronze statue that symbolizes the young men that gave their lives – The Spirit of American Youth Rising from the Waves by Donald De Lue. 9,387 American military dead are buried there, to include three women and two of President Teddy Roosevelt’s sons, and the names of 1,557 whose remains could not be found are inscribed on the walls at the Memorial.

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