Purple Heart at Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery - Aubel, Belgium
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Purple Heart at information room at Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery.
Waymark Code: WM16R8W
Location: Liège, Belgium
Date Posted: 09/23/2022
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This purple heart is in the information room. In this room the puple heart is above the desk where you can sign the visitors book.
About the cemetery
Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery and Memorial is a Second World War American military war grave cemetery in eastern Belgium. It is 3 km (2 mi) northwest of Henri-Chapelle, about 30 km (20 mi) east of Liège. Dedicated in 1960, the cemetery contains 7,992 American war dead and covers 57 acres (23 ha).
History
The majority of the fallen buried at Henri-Chapelle were killed during the Allied push in Germany during late 1944 and early 1945. The fallen from two key military engagements fill the cemetery; the First United States Army's drive through northern France, Belgium, Netherlands, and Luxembourg into Germany in September 1944; and the Battle of the Bulge (including the Battle of Hurtgen Forest and later taking of Aachen).
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