Luxembourg American Cemetery

Today we drove up to the Luxembourg American Cemetery. 

The Luxembourg American Cemetery and Memorial, 50.5 acres in extent, is situated in a glade framed by spruce, beech, oak and other trees. It is one of the fourteen permanent Word War II American military cemeteries erected on foreign soil by the American Battle Monuments Commission. The site was liberated by the U.S. 5th Armored Division on 10 September 1944 and a temporary military burial ground was established there on 29 December 1944. At the time, Allied forces were engaged in stemming the enemy’s Ardennes offensive known as the “Battle of the Bulge.” The site subsequently was selected to be the location of one of the permanent World War II American military cemeteries to be erected on foreign soil. Free use of the site as a permanent military burial ground for American World War II Dead was granted by the Grand Ducal government of Luxembourg in perpetuity without charge or taxation.

  

Robert J. Dushock had been engaged to Mama (my grandma) when he deployed.  He was hit by a piece of shrapnel and died instantly during the Battle of the Bulge.

  

There are 5,075 men and 1 Army nurse buried at the site.

After his death in the states General Patton’s body was flown back to Luxembourg to be laid to rest with his troops.