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  1. GPS Coordinates: 50° 52' 26" N , 3° 27' 13" E. Flanders Field American Cemetery lies on the southeast edge of the town of Waregem, Belgium, along the Lille-Gent Autoroute E-17. The cemetery is within 44 miles of Brugge, Belgium and 22 miles of Gent, Belgium. The cemetery lies on the southeast edge of the town of Waregem, Belgium, along the ...

  2. Flanders Field American Cemetery & Memorial is located in Waregem, West Flanders, Belgium. It is one of eight overseas World War I cemeteries designed and administered by the American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC), a federal agency created in 1923. Flanders Field is the only ABMC World War I cemetery in Belgium.

  3. The Flanders Field American Cemetery is situated on a battlefield where the 91st Division suffered many casualties in securing the nearby wooded area called "Spitaals Bosschen". [3] The Flanders Field American Cemetery takes its name from the poem " In Flanders Fields " written by Canadian physician, Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae .

    • 368 interred (of which 21 are Unknowns) and 43 listed as missing in action.
  4. Aug 2, 2023 · The American Battle Monuments Commission’s (ABMC) Flanders Field American Cemetery is located in Waregem, Belgium. It is the smallest ABMC cemetery in the world and the only World War I cemetery in Belgium. How well do you know this site? Here are five things you may not know about Flanders Field American Cemetery. The first Memorial Day flyover

  5. Virtual tour of Flanders Field American Cemetery & Memorial panoramic images | By Historic American Landscape Survey

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  7. Apr 30, 2016 · Flanders Field, located in Waregem, West Flanders, Belgium, is the only ABMC World War I cemetery in Belgium. Another World War I cemetery is located outside London, England, and the remaining six in northern France. ABMC hired prominent French-born American architect Paul P. Cret (1876-1945) as its consulting architect in 1925.

  8. The Flanders Field American Cemetery is the only World War I American cemetery in Belgium. It lies on a battlefield where the 91st Division fought during the Ypres-Lys offensive from October 30 to November 11, 1918. The American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) maintains the cemetery. The Flanders Field American Cemetery and Memorial in ...

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