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Comparing Cemeteries
How nations remember their fallen service members after World War II
After World War II, the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany all chose to bury their war dead in very different types of cemeteries. Hear Dr. Christopher Hamner, an associate professor at George Mason University and a member of ABMC's Understanding Sacrifice program, explain the challenges and choices made by these countries.
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Primary Sources
- Pvt Alfonton Ortega of a Graves Registration Service unit prepares wooden crosses, Vierville-sur-Mer, France. July 7, 1944 National Archives and Records Administration
- La Cambe German war cemetery, Bayeux, France American Battle Monuments Commission
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- The Rosette
American Battle Monuments Commission - Decision (1946)
National Archives and Records Administration (35941)
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Christopher Hamner
Dr. Christopher Hamner is the lead historian for the Understanding Sacrifice program. He teaches at George Mason University, and is the author of Enduring Battle: American Soldiers in Three Wars, 1776-1945. From 2014 to 2016 he was a Visiting Professor at the U.S. Army War College, and in 2012 received Mason's Teaching Excellence Award.