Military Insignia on Stained Glass - Meuse Argonne - West
by Weston Westmoreland
Title
Military Insignia on Stained Glass - Meuse Argonne - West
Artist
Weston Westmoreland
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
Military Insignia on the western side stained-glass window of the Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery Chapel
Located on a small valley east of the village of Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, the Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery is the biggest American cemetery in Europe. It covers 130.5 acres and over 14,000 American soldiers rest in it, most of whom lost their lives during the Meuse-Argonne Offensive of World War I.
The cemetery consists of eight sections behind a large central reflection pool. Behind and above the grave sections, there stands a square chapel with two loggias. Along their walls the names of the missing have been carved in stone. The list includes the disappeared in the region and in northern Russia.
Light comes into the chapel from east and west through two stained-glass windows. The insignia of many of the American divisions and larger units which served in the AEF are reproduced on the stained glass. Shown on the western window are:
I CORPS
GENERAL HEADQUARTERS
III CORPS
1st DIVISION
ADVANCE SECTION S.O.S.
30th DIVISION
3rd DIVISION
7th DIVISION
35th DIVISION
5th DIVISION
26th DIVISION
32nd DIVISION
4th DIVISION
28th DIVISION
36th DIVISION
6th DIVISION
29th DIVISION
37th DIVISION
2nd DIVISION
27th DIVISION
33rd DIVISION
Walking those cemeteries is never easy. A century has passed, but the soldiers resting there remain young men forever. They lost their lives and their future. Their wives, the kids they would have had... so much to sacrifice for one single person.
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October 19th, 2016
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