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nxxb ^Hemortal The American Battle Monuments Commission 1986 Chapel Interior JVmertnm Cemetery anb LOCATION Netherlands Cemetery, the only hours), any city in Holland, or from American military cemetery in the Germany via Aachen. A bus service Netherlands, is situated near the from Maastricht railroad station southeast limit of the country in the passes the cemetery entrance. village of Margraten, 6 miles (10 km) To reach Margraten by automobile east of Maastricht, on the main from the north, west or south, fol highway to Aachen, Germany, low the appropriate highway to which is 14 miles (22 km) farther Maastricht, thence east along the east. Margraten is 70 miles (112 km) Cadier en Keer/Vaals highway east of Brussels and 252 miles (405 (N278); if driving from Aachen, fol km) northeast of Paris. low the Maastricht highway (N278) Maastricht may be reached by west for 11 miles (18 km) after pass train from Brussels, from Paris (Gare ing the Netherlands frontier post. du Nord — in approximately 7 There are good hotels at Maas- Memorial and Court of Honor 3 Location of Cemetery Features tricht, Valkenburg, 4.5 miles (7 km), HISTORY Aachen and at other towns in the vicinity. Three months after successfully landing on the beaches of Nor mandy, Allied forces had advanced HOURS farther than they had thought possi The cemetery is open daily to the ble. By mid-September 1944, the public as shown below: U.S. First Army had crossed Luxembourg; captured Liege, Bel SUMMER (16 March-30 September) gium; reached the German frontier 9:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.
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