Day 16 - German and American cemeteries

Well, today has been an emotional one. An early start saw me stumble upon an unexpected German Cemetery in Buzancy.

Buzancy German Cemetery - 5,923 dead

Moving on from here, around three hours walking brought me to Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, where a smaller, but by far and away the nicest German Cemetery I've yet visited.

Romagne-sous-Montfaucon German cemetery viewed from within the chapel.

The mosaic wall of the chapel - something waymore decorative than I have seen at any other German Cemetery

1,412 dead

A few hundred meters away is the largest American Military cemetery on mainland Europe. No words or pictures can really capture the size or the serenity of the place, so I'll just say that there are the graves of 14,246 Americans, along with a memorial wall containing a further 954 names. The site covers 130.5 acres and buried here are 22 sets of brothers and 9 Medal of Honour recipients.

Here are some photos:

Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial entrance

Looking towards the chapel and Memorial wall from the visitorcentre

One of eight fields of headstones

Another field of headstones, each one has a French and American flag placed in front of it

A Medal of Honour recipients headstone

My tribute, placed in front of the memorial wall to the missing

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Night all.