The Faces of Margraten
Titel
The Faces of Margraten
Subtitel
They Will Remain Forever Young
Prijs
€ 24,99
ISBN
9789048556113
Uitvoering
eBook ePub (Adobe DRM)
Aantal pagina's
368
Taal
Engels
Publicatiedatum
Afmetingen
2.4 x 3 cm
Ook beschikbaar als
Hardback - € 49,95
Inhoudsopgave
Toon inhoudsopgaveVerberg inhoudsopgave
A lasting monument in print
The American war effort in northwestern Europe: Uncle Sam comes to the rescue
The only American Cemetery in the Netherlands
The stories behind the names
Epilogue: Singing birds
Forever Grateful: Honor Roll
Glossary
Acknowledgements
They remember
Sources

Stichting Fields of Honor

The Faces of Margraten

They Will Remain Forever Young

De onderstaande tekst is niet beschikbaar in het Nederlands en wordt in het Engels weergegeven.
In the rolling hills of the Limburg Province, near the village of Margraten, they slowly loom up, row after row: thousands of white marble crosses and Stars of David. They mark the final resting place of American soldiers who died fighting to liberate the Netherlands during World War II. While the headstones provide the names and ages of those lost, they cannot tell us who these soldiers were, what their lives were like, or who they left behind. Nor can the peace and quiet at the only American military cemetery in the Netherlands reflect the harrowing experience and violent final moments of the men and women who forever rest here.

Through hundreds of personal photographs and more than 250 stories, The Faces of Margraten gives these soldiers faces and voices again, telling not only the history of World War II and the ending of the German occupation of the Netherlands, but also revealing how and why the Dutch people have never forgotten their liberators. Concluding with a list of all the soldiers’ names, this commemorative book stands as a testament to the service and sacrifice of the more than 10,000 Americans buried or memorialized as missing in Margraten.
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Auteur

Stichting Fields of Honor

Vrijwilligers van de Fields of Honor Foundation verzamelen sinds 2008 informatie en foto's van Amerikaanse soldaten die tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog omkwamen en in Europa hun laatste rustplaats vonden.
Op basis van deze stukken en aanvullend onderzoek beschrijven Jori Videc, Sebastiaan Vonk en Arie-Jan van Hees in dit boek de verhalen van deze soldaten.