Time won't dim the glory of their deeds
CBS "Sunday Morning" TV news show.
The American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) is an independent agency of the U.S. government charged with administration of 26 permanent burial grounds and 32 memorials, monuments and markers located primarily outside the United States. Watch (or read) the full "Sunday Morning" story here.
My mom's first husband, Maurice "Pete" Henrichsen, was killed in the Battle of the Bulge during WWII. Pete is buried at the Henri Chapelle American Cemetery in Belgium, where Mom and I visited twice to pay our respects. The beautifully maintained grounds were a comfort to her.
The American Battle Monuments Commission maintains an online database of names associated with the sites. You can research the 200,000+ Americans who died in WWI or WWII and who are buried at an ABMC location here.
When I queried the surname "Henrichsen," I found only two. In addition to the entry for Maurice was a listing for Jimmie Henrichsen, his cousin, who was serving on the USS Oklahoma at Pearl Harbor when it was attacked 7 Dec 1941.
