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The Florence American Cemetery and Memorial is located just south of Florence, it is one of two American Cemeteries in Italy. 70 acres in all. The site was liberated on 3 August 1944 by the South African 6th Armored Division and later became part of the zone of the U.S. Fifth Army. It is located next to the Greve River and is surrounded by wooded hills which rise several hundred feet to the west. 4,402 Americans who died in World War Two, most after June 1944, are buried here. Is one of fourteen permanent American World War II military cemetery memorials erected on foreign soil by the American Battle Monuments Commission.

For more information about this cemetery click on the this link to the American Battle Monuments Commission Florence site.

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