Bangor Public Library Bangor Community: Digital Commons@bpl Books and Publications Special Collections 1960 North Africa American Cemetery and Memorial American Battle onM uments Commission Follow this and additional works at: https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/books_pubs Recommended Citation American Battle onM uments Commission, "North Africa American Cemetery and Memorial" (1960). Books and Publications. 112. https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/books_pubs/112 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Special Collections at Bangor Community: Digital Commons@bpl. It has been accepted for inclusion in Books and Publications by an authorized administrator of Bangor Community: Digital Commons@bpl. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. 2 Rorth 2lfrira 2lmrriran Q:cmtttrH and mrmorial LOCATION well as in the vicinity of the cemetery North Africa American Cemetery and at Carthage. It is likely to be quite Memorial is situated 10 miles northeast hot during the summer months, and of the city of Tunis, Tunisia, and 5 cold on occasion during the winter. miles northeast of its airport (El Aouina). It may be reached by taxi THE SITE cab from the city or the airport. There The cemetery site covers 27 acres of is also an interurban streetcar from the plateau lying between the Mediter Tunis-the nearest stop is at Amilcar ranean and the Bay of Tunis, both of station, from which the cemetery is which are a mile or so distant. It is only two or three hundred yards located in close proximity to the site distant. There are hotels in Tunis as of the ancient Carthaginian city, de- View of Memorial and Garden From Burial Area.