Manila American Cemetery and Memorial in the Philippines is the largest of the overseas cemeteries, with more than 17, 000 Americans, marking World War II's Pacific Theatre.

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For anyone who still needs a reminder, I invite you for a short visit to the Luxembourg American Cemetery and Memorial, just outside the capital city, the burial place of General George S. Patton and the thousands who fell in the Battle of the Bulge in Bastogne, Belgium, and nearby, fighting to liberate the region from the Nazis.

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Ms Geeson's body was found by a man walking in a wooded area of the World War II American Military Cemetery in Madingley.

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This tradition endures, especially at military cemeteries like Arlington National Cemetery where an American flag is placed on every single grave.

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And I also want to salute another remarkable group of women who I know here today -- the women, who for nearly 40 years, have made sure that no American is ever buried alone at Arlington National Cemetery.

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Cemetery after cemetery across Europe honours the memory of American soldiers, resting row upon row - often alongside comrades-in-arms from Britain.

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One, Debra Burlingame, whose brother was the pilot of the American Airlines plane that hit the Pentagon, said unidentified remains from those killed there were buried at an Arlington National Cemetery ceremony in September 2002.

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