Luxembourg American cemetery and memorial.* On just over 50 acres in Luxembourg City, lie the final resting places for the remains of more than 5,000 Americans who made the ultimate sacrifice for their nation while countering the Ardennes Offensive of World War II. In even rows lie the bodies of the men who defended Bastogne and St. Vith--the men who helped hold the line in the famed Battle of the Bulge Battle of the Bulge, popular name in World War II for the German counterattack in the Ardennes, Dec., 1944–Jan., 1945. It is also known as the Battle of the Ardennes. On Dec. and died trying. Also, there lay the remains of the men from the U.S. Third and First Armies who forced the last gasp last-gasp adj. Undertaken as a final recourse; last-ditch. last gasp n. Noun 1. of the enemy's might. And there lay what is left on earth of the many more from the Third Army who pushed back, crossing the Rhine and paving the path to the war's final offensive. Among the dead rest the remains of one of the war's most colorful leaders: General George Smith George Smith may refer to: U.S. politics
tr.v. bur·ied, bur·y·ing, bur·ies 1. To place in the ground: bury a bone. 2. a. To place (a corpse) in a grave, a tomb, or the sea; inter. b. among his men. |
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