| The
World War II Florence American Cemetery and Memorial is located
on the west side of Via Cassia, about seven and a half miles
south of Florence, Italy. The Rome-Milan highway (Autostrada)
passes near the cemetery. The site covers seventy acres, chiefly
on the west side of the Greve River. Here lies 4,402 American
military men and women who died during WWII, representing thirty-nine
percent of the U.S. Fifth Army burials originally made between
Rome and the Alps. The memorial has two open atria or courts
joined by the Tablets of the Missing upon which are inscribed
the names of 1,409 Americans who gave their lives in the service
of their country and who rest in unknown graves. |
