Gold Star Pin (above)
82nd Airborne WW II interred at Luxembourg
1st Lt Gus Gerard
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War Memorials
Luxembourg
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.
(Picture: right) General George S Patton's remains are
among those interred at this cemetery.
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 LUXEMBOURG CEMETERY lies just within the limits of Luxembourg City,
three miles east of the center of that capital, 248 miles northeast of Paris.
The cemetery, 50 1/2 acres in extent, is situated in a beautiful wooded area.
Not far from the entrance stands the white stone chapel sitting on a wide circular platform
nearly surrounded by woods. It is embellished with sculpture in bronze and stone, a stained glass
window with American unit insignia and a mosaic ceiling. In front of the chapel at a lower lever are
two large stone pylons with operations maps made of inlaid granites and accompanying inscriptions
describing the achievements of American Armed Forces in the region during World War II.
Additionally these pylons are inscribed with the names of 371 American who gave their
lives in the service of their country who lie in unknown graves.
Sloping downhill from the memorial is the burial area containing 5,076 American Dead,
many of whom gave their lives in the "Battle of the Bulge" and in the advance to
the Rhine River. Their headstones follow along graceful curves. The nearby trees,
fountains and flower beds contribute to the dignity of the cemetery.
The cemetery was established on December 29, 1944 by the 609th Quartermaster Company of
the U.S. Third Army while Allied Forces were stemming the enemy's desperate Ardennes
Offensive, one of World War II critical battles.The city of Luxembourg served as
headquarters for General George S. Patton's
U.S. Third Army. His remains are among those interred at the cemetery.
 (Source: American Battle Monuments Commission)
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books
R E L A T E D B O O K S
Astor, Gerald
A Blood-Dimmed Tide: The Battle of the Bulge by the Men Who Fought It.
Mass Market Paperback, 1994 ISBN: 0440215749
96p. ISBN: 1855323028
Bando, Mark A Avenging Eagles: Forbidden tales of the 101st Airborne in World War 2. Bando Publishing, (2006) 183 p.
ISBN: 0977911705
Bando, Mark A 101st Airborne: The Screaming Eagles at Normandy. Zenith Press, (Apr 2001) 156 p.
ISBN: 0760308551
Bando, Mark A Vanguard of the Crusade:
The US 101st Airborne Division in WW II. The Aberjona Press, (June 2003) 320 p.
ISBN: 0971765006
Black, Wallace B.& Blashfield, Jean F. Battle of the Bulge
(World War II 50th Anniversary Series). Crestwood House, 48 pp May,1993 ISBN: 0896865681
Bowen, Robert Fighting With the Screaming Eagles:
With the 101st Airborne from Normandy to Bastogne. Greenhill Books/Lionel Leventhal, (Sept 2001) 256 p. ISBN: 1853674656
Breuer, William B Geronimo! American
Paratroopers in WWII. New York: St. Martin Press, 1989 621 p. ISBN: 0-312-03350-8
Broumley, Jim T The Boldest Plan is the Best: The Combat History of the 509th Parachute Infantry Battalion during WWII. Rocky Marsh Publishing,(Aug 29 2011) 336 p. ISBN: 0983963215
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
Devlin, Gerard S
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
(P), 708 p. ISBN: 014011341X
Kershaw, Alex The Longest Winter: The Battle of the Bulge and the Epic Story of WWII's Most Decorated Platoon
Da Capo Press, 288 pp November 30, 2004 ISBN: 0306813041
MacDonald, Charles B A Time For
Trumpets: The Untold Story of the Battle of the Bulge Wm Morrow & Co
(P), 720 p. ISBN: 068151574
McKenzie, John
On Time, On Target Novato, CA: Presidio, May 15,2000. 304 p. ISBN: 089 141 714 1
Merriman, Robert
Dark December:The Battle of the Bulge ISBN: 0345329465
O'Donnell, Patrick K. Beyond Valor
Free Press, 2001, 384 p. ISBN: 0684873842
Toland, John The Battle of the Bulge
1998 ISBN: 185326671X
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