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Military/Defense News / This cemetery is the final resting place for the Army’s ‘dishonorable dead’
« Last post by rangerrebew on Today at 04:11:16 pm »This cemetery is the final resting place for the Army’s ‘dishonorable dead’
In a small area of Northern France, in a town called Seringes-et-Nesles, is a cemetery filled with soldiers who died fighting to keep France from falling to the Kaiser's Germany during WWI. The cemetery, Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, …
By Blake Stilwell
Updated On Apr 11, 2024 7:00 PM PDT
3 Minute Read
In a small area of Northern France, in a town called Seringes-et-Nesles, is a cemetery filled with soldiers who died fighting to keep France from falling to the Kaiser’s Germany during WWI.
The cemetery, Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, holds the remains of 6,012 soldiers in plots A-D, some unidentified, as well as a memorial to the almost 300 who went missing and were never found. There are many interesting side stories about this cemetery. Famous poet Joyce Kilmer is buried here. The tombs of the unknown are marked with the same epitaph as the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery.
The most infamous stories, however, lie in plot E.
https://www.wearethemighty.com/popular/last-resting-place-armys-dishonorable-dead/
In a small area of Northern France, in a town called Seringes-et-Nesles, is a cemetery filled with soldiers who died fighting to keep France from falling to the Kaiser's Germany during WWI. The cemetery, Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, …
By Blake Stilwell
Updated On Apr 11, 2024 7:00 PM PDT
3 Minute Read
In a small area of Northern France, in a town called Seringes-et-Nesles, is a cemetery filled with soldiers who died fighting to keep France from falling to the Kaiser’s Germany during WWI.
The cemetery, Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, holds the remains of 6,012 soldiers in plots A-D, some unidentified, as well as a memorial to the almost 300 who went missing and were never found. There are many interesting side stories about this cemetery. Famous poet Joyce Kilmer is buried here. The tombs of the unknown are marked with the same epitaph as the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery.
The most infamous stories, however, lie in plot E.
https://www.wearethemighty.com/popular/last-resting-place-armys-dishonorable-dead/