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(Michael Abrams/Stars and Stripes)

Colleville-sur-Mer, France, June 6, 2004: Rows of crosses and Stars of David stand in long rows at Normandy American Cemetery, Colleville-sur-Mer, France, decorated with American and French flags. The cemetery is the final resting place for 9,387 of our war dead. Visit one of the Memorial Day services at an American Battle Monuments Commission this Memorial Day weekend.

Check out what will be happening on the Normandy beaches this year for D-Day’s 80th anniversary on our Europe Community paper’s D-Day page here: https://europe.stripes.com/d-day/

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