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Anonymous ID: 1cdccd May 24, 2026, 6:24 p.m. No.24642514   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>2531 >>2572

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05-24-2026

American Cemetery Margraten

 

Commemoration

Royal Navy, Royal Netherlands Army, Royal Air Force, Royal Netherlands Marechaussee

 

On Sunday, May 24, Dutch Defense personnel commemorated the American soldiers who died during World War II. The military is buried in the American Cemetery Margraten (Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial).

Missing-man formation

 

Traditionally, warplanes of the Royal Netherlands Air Force bring a greeting. 4 aircraft fly a so-called missing-man formation above the cemetery. In addition, 1 of them leaves the group as a symbol for the fallen.

 

Margraten is the only American cemetery in the Netherlands. The majority of U.S. military personnel were killed during the liberation of the southeast of the Netherlands and the advance through Germany. Margraten is the resting place of nearly 8,300 U.S. military personnel. 1,722 people are on the Walls of the Missing; some of them were found later.

https://www.defensie.nl/actueel/agenda/2026/05/24/memorial-day

Anonymous ID: 1cdccd May 24, 2026, 6:42 p.m. No.24642572   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>2576 >>2663

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>>24642562

Honoring the Fallen: Margraten American Cemetery 🇳🇱🇺🇸

MARGRATEN

The Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial. It is deeply moving to see the graves of thousands of American soldiers who gave their lives for my country. It is also very impressive to see how impeccably the Americans maintain the grounds; every single blade of grass is perfectly in place.

People in the Netherlands can adopt a grave to honor a soldier’s memory by laying flowers on special occasions, such as the soldier's birthday or the anniversary of their death. There is even a waiting list to adopt a grave.

In remembrance.

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