File:Memorial, Chapel, Museum and graves at Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, France, 1923 (21437650204).jpg

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Description Lot 6591-6: Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, located about 18 miles northeast of Chateau-Thierry, and is the burial place of nearly 6,000 American soldiers, most of whom lost their lives during the operations of July and August 1918. These operations, in which approximately 300,000 Americans participated, were conducted in cooperation with French forces, and resulted in reducing the Marne salient and in turning the tide of battle in favor of the Allies. Shown: Chapel-Fere Cemetery. President Franklin D. Roosevelt Collection-Photograph Album presented by General John J. Pershing, USA (Ret.), Chairman, American Battle Monuments Commission. The photographs in the collection were taken in 1923 to show the memorials erected by the American Battle Monuments Commission. Photographed through Mylar sleeve. (2015/10/09).
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Author National Museum of the U.S. Navy

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