Wreaths Across America commemorated in U.K.

MADINGLEY AMERICAN CEMETERY, England -- Dr. Michael Apichella, University of Maryland Europe, speaks about the importance of remembering those that have came before us, Dec. 10, 2011. Members from the 48th Fighter Wing and American Battle Monuments Commission combined to hold a formal ceremony for Wreaths Across America for the first time in the United Kingdom. Madingley is the final resting place for 3,812 American servicemen who perished during World War II and is Britain's only American military cemetery dedicated to that war. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Lee A. Osberry Jr.)

PHOTO BY: Tech. Sgt. Lee A. Osberry Jr.

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