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Tomb of the Unknown Soldier United States For deceased U.S. service members whose remains have not been identified Unveiled November 11, 1921 ; 103 years ago (November 11, 1921) Location 38°52′35″N 77°04′20″W / 38.87639°N 77.07222°W / 38.87639; -77.07222 Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia HERE RESTS IN HONORED GLORY AN AMERICAN SOLDIER KNOWN BUT TO GOD The Tomb of ...
Brittany American Cemetery and Memorial France: World War II 1956 4,409 498 Details: Brookwood American Cemetery and Memorial United Kingdom: World War I 1937 468 563 Details: Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial United Kingdom: World War II 1956 3,812 5,127 Details: Clark Veterans Cemetery Philippines: Philippine–American War and after c ...
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Aug. 8—The remains of a World War II airman from Manchester whose plane went down on a 1943 bombing mission in Romania have been identified and will be buried at Arlington National Cemetery. A ...
Underwater dump sites off the Los Angeles coast contain World War II-era munitions including anti-submarine weapons and smoke devices, marine researchers announced Friday. A survey of the known ...
Because of the relative remoteness of the location, nearly all of the facility's civilian workforce lived in federally owned housing at the depot; this residential community was known as Igloo, [2] a name derived because the characteristic shape of the munitions storage buildings constructed at the site has a similar appearance to igloos. The ...
The Peenemünde Army Research Center (German: Heeresversuchsanstalt Peenemünde, [a] HVP) was founded in 1937 as one of five military proving grounds under the German Army Weapons Office (Heereswaffenamt). [3]: 85 Several German guided missiles and rockets of World War II were developed by the HVP, including the V-2 rocket.
The Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant was originally known as the Sunflower Ordnance Works.Established in 1941 on 10,747 acres (43.492 km 2), it was the world's largest smokeless powder plant.