The Florence American Cemetery and Memorial is about 7.5 miles (12 kilometers) south of Florence, Italy, about two miles (3 km) south of the Florence-Impruneta exit of the Rome-Milan autoroute. It covers about 70 acres (28 ha), chiefly on the west side of the Greve river, framed by wooded hills.
Florence American Cemetery and Memorial | |
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American Battle Monuments Commission | |
For American fallen – liberation of Italy (1944) | |
Established | 1944 |
Location | near |
Designed by | McKim, Mead & White, New York (MONUMENT) Clarke & Rapuano, New York (LANDSCAPERS) |
Total burials | 4402 |
Commemorated | 1409 |
Burials by nation | |
United States of America | |
Burials by war | |
World War II | |
Statistics source: ABMC Florence cemetery booklet |
Most of those buried here are from the Fifth Army who died in the fighting that followed the capture of Rome in June 1944; others fell in the heavy fighting in the Apennines between then and 2 May 1945. It is run by the American Battle Monuments Commission.
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