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Europe » Belgium » Liège Province » Henri-Chapelle June 20th 2014

This was an amazing and informational trip this morning. Not to hard to get to luckily either. The cemetary had all kinds of information and I worked with them at the desk a little bit collecting information about great uncle James Becvar. It was funny because in Belgium, they speak French and German (French in the section I was) so I had to communicate in mostly German, but at the cemetary they had an American working it. He sent me home with some stuff as well. He was even nice enough to tell me that James died in the battle of Huertgen forest, a 3 month campain! He sent me with more information and I was excited to find out you can have them put a wreath out for him whenever you would like. It turns ... read more
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Europe » Belgium » Liège Province » Henri-Chapelle May 28th 2011

Saturday, May 28th The cemetery: After our walk in the morning in Aachen we checked out and found our way out of Aachen with out too much trouble. Drove on into Belgium and to the village of Henri-Chapelle and found the Rue du Memorial American, the road leading to the cemetery. Arrived at the cemetery a little before noon, parked and walked down to the general area of the grave of Anne's father, David Charles Connell, III. I thought I remembered where it was, but it was Anne who actually spotted the marker. We took a few pictures and then went to find Ms. Caroline Oliver, the Cemetery Associate with whom Anne had communicated about our visit. We found her, introduced ourselves, and found out that some of the school children who had adopted the grave ... read more
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