American War Memorials Overseas, Inc.

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With the recent release of Ken Burns film series, "The American Revolution", we thought we would share a few of the American Revolution memorials you can find on our website. Use the "Search our Database' (upper right corner) and under "War" select American Revolution to see the many memorials across the world remembering this event.

We recently added several memorials remembering John Paul Jones 1778 Raid on the White Haven Harbor in England. See them on our website:

https://www.uswarmemorials.org/html/monument_details.php?SiteID=3406&MemID=4728

https://www.uswarmemorials.org/html/monument_details.php?SiteID=3408&MemID=4731

https://www.uswarmemorials.org/html/monument_details.php?SiteID=3406&MemID=4729

Also check out all the locations where John Paul Jones is remembered:

https://www.uswarmemorials.org/html/people_details.php?PeopleID=2263

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Today we highlight the close relationship between the United States and the Republic of Ireland. Use our website search function (Upright corner, Select country and Ireland) to see the many memorials located in Ireland -mostly Isolated Burials (ISOBs) from most of America's conflicts: American Civil War; Spanish-American War; WW1: WW2; Kore and Vietnam. Ireland also has memorials remembering all their war dead in both Korea and Vietnam.

See a few memorials here:

A WW1 soldier who survived the Titanic sinking:
https://www.uswarmemorials.org/html/monument_details.php?SiteID=2117&MemID=2823

The Korean War Memorial:
https://www.uswarmemorials.org/html/monument_details.php?SiteID=2124&MemID=2789

The Vietnam War Memorial:
https://www.uswarmemorials.org/html/monument_details.php?SiteID=3002&MemID=4119

American Civil War KIA:
https://www.uswarmemorials.org/html/monument_details.php?SiteID=390&MemID=646

We thank all the Irish who have helped us locate and identify these burials.

Today we remember the October 20, 1944 landings at Leyte Gulf, Philippines when General MacArthur proclaimed "I have returned. Memorials in Dulag, Philippines remembers the 96th "Deadeyes" Division landing at Blue Beach and the capture of Hill 120, The Blue Beach Landings and the Unknown Soldiers of the battle.

Check out the memorials at our website:

https://www.uswarmemorials.org/html/monument_details.php?SiteID=2159&MemID=2831

https://www.uswarmemorials.org/html/monument_details.php?SiteID=2159&MemID=2832

https://www.uswarmemorials.org/html/monument_details.php?SiteID=2159&MemID=3001

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Today we remember three bridges in the Netherlands named for US Soldiers who captured them during Operation Market Garden in September and October 1944.

See these memorial bridges on our website:

On the Anniversary of the death of Major Horton, The Major Oliver Horton Bridge (506th Parachute Infantry) in Opheusden:
https://www.uswarmemorials.org/html/monument_details.php?SiteID=2020&MemID=2658

The Captain Fred Hancock Bridge (502nd Parachute Infantry) in Sint Oedenrode:
https://www.uswarmemorials.org/html/monument_details.php?SiteID=3273&MemID=4516

The John S. Thompson Memorial Bridge (504th Parachute Infantry) in Grave:
https://www.uswarmemorials.org/html/monument_details.php?SiteID=2684&MemID=3528

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Today we remember First Lieutenant Quentin Roosevelt, son of President Theodore Roosevelt, a pilot in the 95th Aero Squadron 1st Pursuit Group, who was shot down on July 14, 1918 behind enemy lines near the rural French village of Chamery, near Reims.

He is now buried in the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial next to his brother Theodore Roosevelt Jr.

Several memorials in France remember Quentin Roosevelt that you can view on our website:

The crash Site memorial:

https://www.uswarmemorials.org/html/monument_details.php?SiteID=152&MemID=241

https://www.uswarmemorials.org/html/monument_details.php?SiteID=152&MemID=232

The Quentin Roosevelt Fountain in Chamery:

https://www.uswarmemorials.org/html/monument_details.php?SiteID=151&MemID=231

His likeness at Navarin Farms Ossuary:

https://www.uswarmemorials.org/html/monument_details.php?SiteID=147&MemID=228

The plane engine in Chateau Thierry:
https://www.uswarmemorials.org/html/monument_details.php?SiteID=221&MemID=339

A plaque dedicated to Roosevelt from the town near where he was stationed:

https://www.uswarmemorials.org/html/monument_details.php?SiteID=1006&MemID=1344

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Today we will highlight a few memorials associated with the 4th of July:

The 33rd US Infantry Division participated in the Australian led Battle of Hamel on July 4, 1918. Corporal Thomas Pope, 131st Infantry Regiment was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions that day. See our website for more on this battle:

https://www.uswarmemorials.org/html/monument_details.php?SiteID=12&MemID=27

https://www.uswarmemorials.org/html/monument_details.php?SiteID=12&MemID=28

https://www.uswarmemorials.org/html/people_details.php?PeopleID=28

On July 4th, 1943 B-17 (42-29967) 'Battling Bastards' of the 92nd Bomber Group was shot down in France:

https://www.uswarmemorials.org/html/monument_details.php?

Cpt C.A. Austin sacrificed himself on July 4th 1944 so his plane wouldn't crash into a village in France:

https://www.uswarmemorials.org/html/monument_details.php?SiteID=955&MemID=1261

Warrant Officer Patrick Chambers serving in the 432 Squadron of the Royal Canadian Air Force was Killed in Action on July 4, 1943, when the Wellington aircraft # HZ 481 he was piloting was shot down at St. Pound, Belgium. He is buried in Belgium:

https://www.uswarmemorials.org/html/monument_details.php?SiteID=73&MemID=3648

Captain John (Jack) Pershing Perrin crashed while transferring a P-51:

https://www.uswarmemorials.org/html/monument_details.php?SiteID=1941&MemID=2543

2Lt Sam Dale was shot over France on July 4, 1944.His plane, P-47 Thunderbolt #42-75859, crashed in Tourneville:

https://www.uswarmemorials.org/html/monument_details.php?SiteID=2316&MemID=3037

B-17 'Touch The Button Nell II' crashed in the commune of Persac, France on July 4, 1944. Of the 9 crew members, only 2 had survived the incident:

https://www.uswarmemorials.org/html/monument_details.php?SiteID=2608&MemID=3407

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While the American military did not particpate in the 1916 Battle of the Somme which began on July 1, 1916, many individual Americans were involved in famous battle. One was Wilfred (Wilfrid) Michaud of Michigan who served with the French Foreign Legion and was killed in action on July 5, 1916. He is now buried in an Isolated Burial (ISOB) in French National Cemetery of Dompierre Becquincourt (Necropole Nationale de Dompierre Becquincourt) located in Dompierre -Becquincourt, France.

Michaud is also remembered on the American Volunteer Monument located in Paris - Place des Etats Unis. This memorial remembers the many Americans who served in France prior to the US entry into WW1.

See the American War Memorials Overseas website to see these memorial:

Wilfred Michaud ISOB:

https://www.uswarmemorials.org/html/monument_details.php?SiteID=2060&MemID=2709

American Volunteer Monument:

https://www.uswarmemorials.org/html/monument_details.php?SiteID=127&MemID=204

Wilfred Michaud Bio:

https://www.uswarmemorials.org/html/people_details.php?PeopleID=1766

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https://www.uswarmemorials.org/html/monument_details.php?SiteID=127&MemID=204

Today we remember the Battle of Okinawa (Operation Iceberg) during the 80th Anniversary of the battle. Today is the 80th Anniversary of the loss of Colonel Edwin May, commander of the 383rd Infantry Regiment of the 96th Infantry Divsion. A memorial remembers him and is located next to the memorials to two other senior leaders killed in June 1945 during the battle: Lieutenant General Simon Bolivar Buckner, Commander 10th Army & Brigadier General Claudius Easley, Assistant Division Commander of the 96th "Deadeye" Division.

See these memorial on the American War Memorials Overseas website.

The memorial to LTG Buckner:

https://www.uswarmemorials.org/html/monument_details.php?SiteID=1687&MemID=2220

BG Easley:

https://www.uswarmemorials.org/html/monument_details.php?SiteID=1687&MemID=2221

Colonel May:

https://www.uswarmemorials.org/html/monument_details.php?SiteID=1687&MemID=2223

And to the site location on Okinawa:

https://www.uswarmemorials.org/html/site_details.php?SiteID=1687

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On this Memorial Day, we ask you to look at one of the over 4000 memorials we have listed at almost 3000 different locations commemorating over 30,000 Americans.

We will share one of the many memorials with you today, that we are in the process of updating:

The Anstey St. George’s Church includes a beautiful stained glass window remembering the 398th Bomber Group (B-17) that operated out of the nearby Nuthampstead Airfield during WW2. We recently discovered that the butterflies in the windows include the names of those who did not return home after the war- we are still in the process of adding the names of the fallen, but you can see this beautiful memorial at our website here:

https://www.uswarmemorials.org/html/monument_details.php?SiteID=2039&MemID=2683

Today we remember 80th Anniversary of Liberation celebrations in Czechia.

There are many interesting memorials to include several to General Patton and units of the 3rd US Army, here are a couple among many to Patton:

https://www.uswarmemorials.org/html/monument_details.php?SiteID=1720&MemID=2260

https://www.uswarmemorials.org/html/monument_details.php?SiteID=1738&MemID=2285

One remembers a Czech-American 2nd Infantry Division Officer, LTC Knopp, the "Accidental Hero" returning to his families town:

https://www.uswarmemorials.org/html/monument_details.php?SiteID=1708&MemID=2246

Another remembers the 16th Armored Division farthest east push:

https://www.uswarmemorials.org/html/monument_details.php?SiteID=1711&MemID=2251

and another remembers a Czech-American who is considered the last killed in action, PFC Charlie Havat:

https://www.uswarmemorials.org/html/monument_details.php?SiteID=1758&MemID=2310

Check these and more in CZechia by using our website search function and select Czech Republic.

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We have over 4000 Memorials at over 3000 locations remembering many units and over 30,000 individuals located in many different countries.

One of these memorials is located in the tiny micro-state of the Republic of San Marino remembering two brothers, born in San Marino who later immigrated to the US - the Berardi brothers, Roberto and Leonello. Both served in the US Army in WW2 and both were killed in action and are buried in American Cemeteries in Europe.

Robert served with the 407th Infantry Regiment of the 102nd Infantry Divsion. He was KIA on February 22,1945 during Operation Gr***de while fighting in Germany in the Roer River crossings. He is buried in The Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten.

His younger brother Leonello (Nello) served in the 7th Infantry Regiment of the 3rd Infantry Division and was KIA in Italy during Operation Diadem (Cassino) on May 29, 2944. Nello is buried in the Sicily-Rome Cemetery in Anzio, Italy.

Both are remembered with a beautiful cenotaph in their family plot in San Marino.

See this cenotaph and more on the Berardi brothers at our website:

https://www.uswarmemorials.org/html/monument_details.php?SiteID=1473&MemID=1947

The epitaph reads:

ROBERTO
FAETANO MARCH 21, 1922 + HOLLAND FEBRUARY 24, 1945

LEONELLO
FAETANO MARCH 1, 1925 + MAY 29, 1944

ROBERTO E LEONELLO BERARDI

BORN ON OUR LAND
EMIGRATED TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
THEY TOOK THEIR PASSION FOR LIBERTY
TO THEIR ADOPTED COUNTRY

SOLDIERS OF THE ARMIES OF LIBERATION
THEY FELL AS HEROES ON EUROPEAN SOIL
WHICH AGAIN WAS OPPRESSED
AND IN BLOODY WAR


TO RECALL THE NOBILE SACRIFICE
IS TO CELEBRATE THEIR VIRTUOUS COUNTRY
AND THEIR LOVE OF LIBERTY
HERE AT THEIR ANCESTOR’S TOMB
THE TWO YOUNG HEROES

A GRATEFUL GOVERNMENT REMEMBERS MARCH 25, 1961
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