United States Veterans Day Observance / Remembrance 2009 At Brookwood Military Cemetery England

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Hosted in 2009 by USAF under Base Commander Colonel Dill out of RAF Fairford with consecrated colours from 7th US Army Reserve Command and guard from Germany. At the end of the Great War General John Pershing granted burial of American war dead overseas. Brookwood American Military Cemetery for casualties of the Great War is managed by the American Battle Monuments Commission. This 2009 observance falls 91 years after the end of World War One remembering 468 soldiers of WW1 buried here and 561 service men lost in action.

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Location: Brookwood Military Cemetery Surrey England
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