American Military Cemetery at Omaha Beach

 

The center of the memorial represents the reaching for peace.

 

The memorial with a reflecting pool and garden at the entrance to the cemetery.

 

There are over 9000 soldiers in the cemetery including those buried without being identified.  Soldiers buried in this cemetery include anyone associated with the D-Day invasion even those that died years later.

 

The cemetery is located at the top of a cliff which was stormed on D-Day.  Today, there are steps placed on the steep incline from the beach to the top.

 

Before entering the cemetery, there is a walled garden.  On the walls, there is a list of those soldiers missing in action from the D-Day invasions.  There are about 1550 names on the wall.  When their remains are found, a star is placed next to their name.  The most recent soldier identified was starred on the wall in 2011.