Normandie: American Cemetery

The American Cemetery at Normandy Beach really got to me. The location itself is beautiful, since it overlooks the beaches and English Channel, but it's shocking to see how many graves there are. The gravestones list the names, infantry unit, home state, and date of death of all soldiers who died during the D-Day landing or battles shortly after. Unidentified soldiers have the inscription, "Here rests in honored glory a comrade in arms known but to God" on their graves. In total, there are 9,387 graves.