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To: jjkirk who wrote (43869)	3/26/2003 11:02:33 AM
From: bob	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 50167

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To: jjkirk who wrote (43869)	3/26/2003 11:11:59 AM
From: IQBAL LATIF	Respond to of 50167

Very touching Kirk, and you take care..<<There are 11 American cemeteries in France maintained by the US government honoring 66,033 Americans killed fighting for France against Germany. They are as follows: Aisne-Marne Cemetery: 3,349 Americans killed Somme Cemetery: 2,177 Americans killed Brittany Cemetery: 4,908 Americans killed Oise-Aisne Cemetery: 6,253 Americans killed Epinal Cemetery: 5,679 Americans killed Rhone Dragungnan Cemetery: 1,155 Americans killed Lorraine Cemetery: 10,933 Americans killed Meuse-Argonne Cemetery: 15,200 Americans killed St. Mihiel Cemetery: 4,437 Americans killed Suresnes Cemetery: 998 Americans killed Normandy Cemetery: 10,944 Americans killed In 1966, upon being told that Charles DeGaulle had taken France out of NATO and that all U.S. troops must be evacuated off of French soil, President Lyndon Johnson told Secretary of State Dean Rusk, "Ask him about the cemeteries Dean!" So at end of the meeting Rusk did ask DeGaulle if his order to remove all U.S. troops from French soil also included the 60,000+ soldiers buried in France from World War I and World War II. DeGaulle never answered.>>