The European-African- Middle Eastern Campaign Medal (above)
82nd Airborne WW II Wall of the Missing
North Africa
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War Memorials
North Africa Cemetery
Besides assisting those seeking information on any individual
interred or memorialized at one of the many sites around the world the
American Battle Monument Commission also provides a searchable
database for American Armed Services Personnel that are
interred or memorialized at one of these sites.
(Poster Source:
The Government Publications Department at Northwestern University Library).
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 NORTH
AFRICA CEMETERY is located in close proximity to the site of the ancient city
of Carthage, Tunisia which was destroyed by the Romans in 146 B.C. and lies over part of
the site of Roman Carthage. It is ten miles from the city of Tunis.
At this
cemetery, twenty-seven acres in extent, rest 2,841 American military Dead. Their
headstones as set in straight lines and subdivided into nine rectangular plots by wide
paths with decorative pools at their intersections. Along the southeast edge of the
burial area is a long Wall of the Missing with its sculptured figures and bordering tree
lined terrace leading to the memorial. On this wall are engraved the names of 3,724
American Missing who gave their lives in the service of their country in military
activities ranging from North Africa to the Persian Gulf during World War II.
The chapel and the memorial court, which contains large maps in mosaic and ceramic
depicting the operations and supply activities of American Armed Forces across Africa to
the Persian Gulf, were designed to harmonize with the local architecture. The chapel
interior is decorated with polished marble, flags and sculpture.
(Source: American Battle Monuments Commission)
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books
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Blumenson, Martin
Anzio: The Gamble That Failed
Greenwood Publishing Group,Inc. 1978. ISBN:03113200939
Blumenson, Martin & Sheehan Fred
Anzio: Epic of Bravery
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Jove Publishing, 1989 ISBN: 0515102113
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They Jumped at Midnight Jove Publishing, (P) c1990 ISBN: 0515104256
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Burriss, T Moffatt
Strike and Hold: A Memoir of the 82nd Airborne in WW II Brasseys, Inc, 256 pp August,2000 ISBN: 1574882589
Carter, Ross S
Those Devils in Baggy Pants Buccaneer Books, Reprint,1996 ISBN: 0899666132
D'Este, Carlo
Patton: A Genius for War 1024 pp ISBN: 0060927623
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Paratrooper! St Martin's Press, (P) c1976 ISBN: 0312596529
Gavin, James M.
On to Berlin : Battles of an Airborne Commander, 1943-1946 ISBN: 0670525170
Keegan, John The Second World War Penguin
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Messina , Phillip Anzio: Song of
Destiny A.G.Halldin Publishing Company, 1992. ISBN: 0 935 64838 0
O'Donnell, Patrick K. Beyond Valor
Free Press, 2001, 384 p. ISBN: 0684873842
The Center of Military History
The War in the Mediterranean: A WWII Pictorial History Brasseys, Inc.,
465 p. ISBN:1574881302
Verier, Mike
82nd Airborne Division in
Colour Photographs (Europa Militaria, No 9) ISBN: 187 200 4857
Wildman, John B All Americans 82nd
Airborne. Meadowlands Militaria, 6/83 ISBN:091 208 1007
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