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American and Belgian flags wave beside the tombstones of the 368 American World War I soldiers buried in Flanders Field American Cemetery and Memorial in Waregem, Belgium. Flanders Field, located on a World War I battlefield, is the smallest American cemetery in Europe and the only American World War I cemetery in Belgium.

American and Belgian flags wave beside the tombstones of the 368 American World War I soldiers buried in Flanders Field American Cemetery and Memorial in Waregem, Belgium. Flanders Field, located on a World War I battlefield, is the smallest American cemetery in Europe and the only American World War I cemetery in Belgium.

American and Belgian flags wave beside the tombstones of the 368 American World War I soldiers buried in Flanders Field American Cemetery and Memorial in Waregem, Belgium. Flanders Field, located on a World War I battlefield, is the smallest American cemetery in Europe and the only American World War I cemetery in Belgium.

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