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Cemetery Profile: National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (Punchbowl)

Formed some thousands of years ago during the Honolulu period of secondary volcanic activity, Cemetery director Jim Horton introduces us to the Nat...

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Cemetery Profile: Lafayette Escadrille Memorial Cemetery

The War to End All Wars… and its American Veterans • 4m 25s

Located about 12 miles west of the center of Paris, the Lafayette Escadrille Memorial Cemetery commemorates the birthplace of American combat aviation, and serves as a symbol of the Franco-American comradeship during World War I. This site honors the American volunteer pilots who flew with French squadrons during the Great War, and is the final resting place for some of America’s first combat aviators and their French Officers.

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    Formed some thousands of years ago during the Honolulu period of secondary volcanic activity, Cemetery director Jim Horton introduces us to the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (Punchbowl). Known to Hawaiian’s as “Hill of Sacrifice,” Punchbowl became national memorial cemetery in the Sum...

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