Margraten American Cemetery Tour

In this video we are going to take a tour of Margraten Cemetery, the only American Cemetery in the Netherlands.. We will talk about the history of the cemetery, the wall of the missing and we visit all the Medal of Honor recipients buried there.

Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
00:32 The story of the cemetery
02:41 From temporary to permanent cemetery
04:11 Repatriation
04:58 Court of Honor
05:38 Adopted graves
06:22 Lt Colonel Robert G. Cole (Medal of Honor)
06:45 Maj General Maurice Rose
07:17 1st Lt Walter J. Will (Medal of Honor)
07:44 SSGT George Peterson (Medal of Honor)
08:10 Pvt George J. Peters (Medal of Honor)
08:58 Pfc Willy F. James Jr. (Medal of Honor)
09:36 Walter C. Wetzel (Medal of Honor)

Below are the links to the full citations:

Lt. Col. Robert G. Cole, United States Army – Medal of Honor
Plot B Row 15 Grave 27

https://www.fieldsofhonor-database.co...

S/Sgt. George Peterson, United States Army – Medal of Honor
Plot D Row 21 Grave 10

https://www.fieldsofhonor-database.co...

1st Lt. Walter J. Will, United States Army – Medal of Honor
Plot D Row 3 Grave 32

https://www.fieldsofhonor-database.co...

Pvt. George J. Peters, United States Army – Medal of Honor
Plot G Row 17 Grave 8

https://www.fieldsofhonor-database.co...

Pfc. Willy F. James, Jr., United States Army – Medal of Honor
Plot P Row 9 Grave 9

https://www.fieldsofhonor-database.co...

Pfc. Walter C. Wetzel, United States Army – Medal of Honor
Plot N Row 18 Grave 10

https://www.fieldsofhonor-database.co...

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