The first "weed" I saw that day... After five hours of walking around in the cemetery, this one stood out to me. There were not any to be found on the cemetery grounds. Permit me the poetic freedom here - "The lives of each one of these soldiers, and airmen, are like seeds from this flower. Freedom scattered in the wind... but taking root in many spirits for years to come"  

And this is me... the photographer. I have to give "props" to my friend the tripod, since others could not be there to share in this moment with me....  

Gates with more true color 

Gates to the American Military Cemetery, Hamm, Luxemburg 

In Rememberance...  

"All who shall hereafter live in freedom will be here reminded that to these men and their comrades we owe a debt to be paid with grateful remembrance of their sacrifice and with the high resolve that the cause for which they died shall live eternal" Dwight D. Eisenhower

Reverse angle of grave of Patton 

Memorial wreath 

Diagram of the Invasion Stage 2 

The ceiling of the chapel 

Solemn place to worship..  

9th Army Air Force emblem 

8th Army Air Force emblem 

stained glass art 

Inscription inside the chapel 

Chapel 

Diagram of the Invasion 

A Heavy Toll... Freedom 

Heavy hitter...  

Making a rubbing... Yes I asked permission first!  

Red carnations...  

Don't try to count them!  

General George S. Patton, Jr.  

Marker of an Unknown 

Listing of the Unknowns