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Headstones mark the graves of 9,387 American dead at the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial, Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy, France, Oct. 4, 2009. The cemetery is one of 24 overseas military cemeteries that serve as resting places for almost 125,000 American fallen that gave their lives in both World Wars and the Korean War.

Headstones mark the graves of 9,387 American dead at the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial, Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy, France, Oct. 4, 2009. The cemetery is one of 24 overseas military cemeteries that serve as resting places for almost 125,000 American fallen that gave their lives in both World Wars and the Korean War.

Headstones mark the graves of 9,387 American dead at the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial, Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy, France, Oct. 4, 2009. The cemetery is one of 24 overseas military cemeteries that serve as resting places for almost 125,000 American fallen that gave their lives in both World Wars and the Korean War.

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