Blosville Temporary Cemetery Memorial
A memorial at the location of the American Cemetery at Blosville which between 1944 and 1948 contained the graves of 6000 American soldiers who died for the liberation of France.
ICI
REPOSERENT
DE JUIN 1944
A 1948
6000 SOLDATS
AMERICAINS
TOMBES
POUR LA
LIBERATION
DE LA FRANCE
4TH Infantry Division
70th Tank Battalion
82nd Airborne Division
9th Infantry Division
79th Infantry Division
1st Engineer Amphibious Brigade
101st Airborne Division
746th Tank Division
90th Infantry Division
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Location
| Longitude: | -1.300953 |
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| Latitude: | 49.380988 |
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