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War and remembrance : the story of the American Battle Monuments Commission / Thomas H. Conner ; foreword by James Scott Wheeler.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Conner, Thomas H., author.
- Series:
- AUSA Institute of Land Warfare book.
- AUSA Books
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Underground movements.
- United States.
- Appalachian Region, Southern--In motion pictures.
- Appalachian Region, Southern.
- Appalachian Region, Southern--In literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (375 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky, [2018]
- Summary:
- Every year, people from all over the world visit American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) sites, from Normandy, France, to Busan, South Korea, to Corozal, Panama. At rest in the 26 overseas cemeteries are almost 139,000 dead, and memorialized on 'Walls of the Missing' are 60,314 fallen soldiers with no known graves. The ABMC administers, operates, and maintains 26 permanent American military cemeteries and 27 federal memorials, monuments, and markers. These graves and memorials are among the most beautiful and meticulously maintained shrines in the world. This is a study of the ABMC, from its founding in 1923 to the present.
- Contents:
- Introduction : the agency and its mission
- Remembrance begins, 1919-1923 : from the end of the Great War to the creation of the American Battle Monuments Commission
- The new commission goes to work, 1923-1938 : organizing and implementing the nation's overseas commemorative program
- Building the American memorials in Europe, 1925-1933
- The completion of the ABMC's original mission and looking toward an uncertain future, 1937-1938
- The American Battle Monuments Commission and World War II, 1939-1945
- Reopening the European office and new leadership for a renewed mission, 1944-1948
- Building the World War II memorials, 1945-1960
- Conclusion : the ABMC story goes on, 1960-present.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Previously issued in print: 2018.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780813176345
- 0813176344
- 9780813176321
- 0813176328
- 9780813176338
- 0813176336
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