{"id":4489,"date":"2023-05-29T14:22:31","date_gmt":"2023-05-29T12:22:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ddayinoneday.com\/?p=4489"},"modified":"2023-05-29T15:11:04","modified_gmt":"2023-05-29T13:11:04","slug":"nearly-80-years-after-his-death-an-american-soldier-was-laid-to-rest-at-normandy-american-cemetery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ddayinoneday.com\/en\/nearly-80-years-after-his-death-an-american-soldier-was-laid-to-rest-at-normandy-american-cemetery\/","title":{"rendered":"Nearly 80 years after his death, an American soldier was laid to rest at Normandy American Cemetery"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4489\" class=\"elementor elementor-4489 elementor-4476\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6532849 e-con-boxed e-flex e-con\" data-id=\"6532849\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[],&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d89924 e-con-full e-flex e-con\" data-id=\"6d89924\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-28e933b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"28e933b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"593\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ddayinoneday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/presque-80-ans-apres-sa-mort-un-soldat-americain-enterre-au-cimetiere-americain-de-normandie-01.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-4478\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ddayinoneday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/presque-80-ans-apres-sa-mort-un-soldat-americain-enterre-au-cimetiere-americain-de-normandie-01.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.ddayinoneday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/presque-80-ans-apres-sa-mort-un-soldat-americain-enterre-au-cimetiere-americain-de-normandie-01-243x300.jpg 243w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Second Lieutenant William J. 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