ABMC: St. Mihiel American Cemetery
Watercolor painting of a green field with an orange-blue sky and several structures in the distance.
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  • Color photograph of rows of cross headstones in a cemetery. In the background are trees, a structure with columns, and two American flags on poles.

    Rows of white headstones spread across forty acres of the former St. Mihiel Salient, across what had been the battlefields where American forces carried out their first major independent offensive of the war. The St. Mihiel American Cemetery and Memorial contains the graves of 4,153 American service members, most of whom died during the September 1918 offensive that reduced the German-held salient threatening nearby French territory. Paths lined with linden trees divide the cemetery into four plots, while memorial structures, sculptures, and a chapel transform the battlefield into a contemplative landscape devoted to remembrance.

    Black and white image of cemetery with white crosses laid out in rows

    Attribution: American Battle Monuments Commission