Florence American Cemetery and Memorial
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The Florence American Cemetery and Memorial is about 7.5 miles (12 kilometers) south of Florence
, Italy
, about two miles (3 km) south of the Certosa-Florence exit of the Rome-Milan autoroute. It covers about 70 acres (283,280.2 m²), chiefly on the west side of the Greve river, framed by wooded hills.
Most of those buried here are from the Fifth Army who died in the fighting that followed the capture of Rome in June 1944; others fell in the heavy fighting in the Apennines between then and 2 May, 1945. It is run by the American Battle Monuments Commission
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Florence
Florence is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany and of the province of Florence. It is the most populous city in Tuscany, with approximately 370,000 inhabitants, expanding to over 1.5 million in the metropolitan area....
, Italy
Italy
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, about two miles (3 km) south of the Certosa-Florence exit of the Rome-Milan autoroute. It covers about 70 acres (283,280.2 m²), chiefly on the west side of the Greve river, framed by wooded hills.
Most of those buried here are from the Fifth Army who died in the fighting that followed the capture of Rome in June 1944; others fell in the heavy fighting in the Apennines between then and 2 May, 1945. It is run by the American Battle Monuments Commission
American Battle Monuments Commission
The American Battle Monuments Commission is a small independent agency of the United States government. Established by Congress in 1923, it is responsible for:...
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See also
- Florence War CemeteryFlorence War CemeteryFlorence War Cemetery is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission burial ground for the dead of World War II located in Italy near Florence in the locality Girone-Compiobbi , close to the Arno river.-History:...
- American Battle Monuments Commission home page
- ABMC Florence cemetery web page
- ABMC Florence cemetery video .wmv
- ABMC Florence cemetery booklet .pdf