C-SPAN Records · Coleville-sur-Mer American military cemetery, Normandy, France and Douglas MacArthur statue caption

Coleville-sur-Mer American military cemetery, Normandy, France and Douglas MacArthur statue caption

Identifier: C0270B434_232
Title: Coleville-sur-Mer American military cemetery, Normandy, France and Douglas MacArthur statue caption
Description: A photograph of white crosses in a field, accompanied by the following text: "Above: Coleville-sur-Mer, overlooking Omaha Beach, is the site of one of two American cemeteries in Normandy, France. The 172-acre memorial holds white marble grave markers for 9,386 American lives lost in Normandy battles during World War II. Buried at the site are 307 unknown soldiers, three Congressional Medial of Honor recipients, and four people. A father and son share a grave as do thirty-three pairs of brothers.; Previous page: General Douglas MacArthur graduated from the United States Military Academy with the class of 1903. Sixty-six years later his wife, Jean, dedicated this statue by Walter Hancock to the campus at West Point, New York."
Date: 2001?
Extent: 9.75x6
Subject: World War, 1939-1945; MacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1964; Booknotes (Television program)
Type: Photograph
Format: Color
Language: Eng
Physical location: Box 434
Publisher: George Mason University Libraries
Rights: Copyright not held by George Mason University Libraries. Restricted to personal, non-commercial use only. For permission to publish, contact Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.