Sicily–Rome American Cemetery and Memorial is a World War II American military war grave cemetery, located in Nettuno, in Italy. It is administered by the American Battle Monuments Commission.
Sicily-Rome American Cemetery and Memorial: characteristics
The cemetery covers 77 acres, rising on a gentle slope. Here are collected 7,845 gravestones of American soldiers who died in war. Most of these individuals died:
- during the liberation of Sicily (from 10 July to 17 August 1943);
- in the landings in the Salerno area (9 September 1943)
- during the fighting towards the north;
- in the landings on the beach of Anzio (22 January 1944-May 1944);
- in air and naval support.
Also a wide central avenue leads to the memorial, full of works of art and architecture, which express the American memory of the dead. The names of 3,095 missing people are engraved on the white marble walls of the chapel. At last, at each end of the memorial are ornamental formal gardens.
The history of the cemetery in Nettuno
The cemetery was established in Nettuno, as a temporary battlefield cemetery on 24 January 1944, two days after Operation Shingle began, the Allied landings at Anzio and Nettuno on mainland Italy.
Then in May 2014, a visitors’ center was opened. So the center displays photographs, films, and displays of the Allied advance in Sicily and Italy as well as personal stories of those involved.
