A) Cimetière de la plage d'Omaha B) Cimetière américain de Colleville-sur-Mer C) Cimetière américain de Saint Laurent D) Cimetière militaire de Normandie
A) Bayeux B) Colleville-sur-Mer C) Saint Laurent D) Paris
A) French resistance fighters from Operation Overlord B) All allied troops from World War I and World War II C) British troops who died on Omaha Beach D) American troops who died in the Normandy landings and Battle of Normandy
A) 69.8 acres B) 172.5 acres C) 150.0 acres D) 200.5 acres
A) 69.8 ha B) 45.2 ha C) 172.5 ha D) 85.1 ha
A) 1,944 B) 9,389 C) 19,446 D) 6,070
A) A visitor center built in 2026 B) The site of the former temporary battlefield cemetery of Saint Laurent C) The Bayeux war cemetery D) Omaha Beach itself
A) An obelisk dedicated to the 607th Quartermaster Company B) Spirit of American Youth Rising from the Waves C) A bronze sculpture of Admiral Thomas C. Kinkaid D) A statue of President Dwight D. Eisenhower
A) Jean Ganeval B) Donald De Lue C) René Coty D) Thomas C. Kinkaid
A) A marble statue B) A bronze statue C) A copper pillar D) A granite monument
A) Flags are burned according to military tradition B) People gather to watch the American flags being lowered and folded C) Ceremonies honoring British servicemen take place D) The French flag is raised by military personnel
A) 1952 B) 1956 C) 1944 D) 2007
A) Department of Veterans Affairs B) American Battle Monuments Commission C) U.S. First Army D) French Government
A) Five hundred thousand B) Two million C) One million D) One hundred thousand
A) 1944 B) 2026 C) 1956 D) 2007
A) Relating the global significance and meaning of Operation Overlord B) Managing the reservation system for French citizens C) Repatriating the remains of fallen soldiers D) Selling tickets and guiding tours of Omaha Beach
A) To avoid situations where visitors are refused entry due to overcrowding B) To comply with French tax laws on extraterritoriality C) To transition management to the French State D) To reduce the yearly financial support from Congress
A) 607th Quartermaster Graves Registration Company of the U.S. First Army B) Army Air Corps crews shot down over France C) American Battle Monuments Commission D) U.S. Navy under Admiral Thomas C. Kinkaid
A) June 6, 1944 B) Late 1944 C) July 19, 1956 D) June 8, 1944
A) 2007 B) June 8, 1944 C) July 19, 1956 D) June 6, 1944
A) Choose between the Bayeux war cemetery or England B) Choose repatriation of the remains for burial in the USA or reburial in France C) Only repatriation to the USA D) Only burial in geometric rows in Colleville-sur-Mer
A) Because they were accidentally buried in American soil B) For reburial in the Bayeux war cemetery C) For repatriation to Great Britain D) To make room for American women who died in the war
A) July 1956 B) June 1944 C) 2007 D) Late 1944
A) Saint Laurent temporary cemetery B) Omaha Beach memorial C) Bayeux war cemetery D) Colleville-sur-Mer permanent cemetery
A) French General Jean Ganeval B) President René Coty C) Admiral Thomas C. Kinkaid of the U.S. Navy D) Donald De Lue
A) Admiral Thomas C. Kinkaid B) A representative of the ABMC C) President Dwight D. Eisenhower D) French General Jean Ganeval
A) June 8, 1944 B) June 6, 1944 C) July 19, 1956 D) May 30, 2007
A) Full transfer of ownership and extraterritorial rights B) A 99-year lease subject to French taxes C) Temporary use until all veterans pass away D) A special concession for an unlimited duration, free of charge or tax
A) No B) Yes C) Only during official ceremonies D) Only for U.S. military personnel
A) The United States Federal Government B) The United Nations C) The French State D) The American Battle Monuments Commission
A) A small independent agency of the U.S. federal government B) A private non-profit organization funded by donations C) A branch of the French Ministry of Defense D) A division of the U.S. First Army
A) Through Congressional acts that provide yearly financial support B) Through visitor ticket sales and private endowments C) By exempting local French employees from taxes D) By leasing the land from the French State annually
A) Both the U.S. and French flags equally B) The United Nations flag C) The French flag D) The U.S. flag
A) Omaha Beach and the English Channel B) The Bayeux war cemetery C) Colleville-sur-Mer village D) The Saint Laurent battlefield
A) Army Air Corps crews shot down over France and four American women B) British servicemen who died on Omaha Beach C) Presidents Dwight D. Eisenhower and René Coty D) French resistance fighters and civilian volunteers
A) 1956 B) 1942 C) 2007 D) 1944
A) Two B) Six C) Four D) Nine
A) No, only some of them B) Only those whose next of kin could not be found C) Yes, all of them D) Only those who died in Normandy
A) The next of kin eligible to make decisions B) The French Government C) The U.S. First Army commanders D) The American Battle Monuments Commission
A) Burial at the Saint Laurent temporary site indefinitely B) Transfer of remains to a private French cemetery C) Burial in the Bayeux war cemetery D) Repatriation for permanent burial in the United States or internment at the closest overseas cemetery
A) General Lesley J. McNair B) His twin brother, Ludwig J. W. Pieper C) Theodore Roosevelt Jr. D) His father
A) Gray granite B) Sandstone C) White limestone D) White Lasa marble
A) 147 B) 304 C) 20 D) 151
A) 30 B) 15 C) 45 D) 2
A) 30 B) 4 C) 2 D) 45
A) A father and his son B) An uncle and his nephew C) Two sisters D) Two pairs of cousins
A) 45 B) 2 C) 3 D) 4
A) 1,557 B) 147 C) 304 D) 20
A) 147 B) 3 C) 20 D) 4
A) 9,388 B) 304 C) 1,557 D) 151
A) Jimmie W. Monteith B) Lesley J. McNair C) Quentin Roosevelt D) Theodore Roosevelt Jr.
A) Theodore Roosevelt B) Abraham Lincoln C) Woodrow Wilson D) Franklin D. Roosevelt
A) His uncle B) His father Theodore C) His cousin D) His brother Quentin
A) Chaplain B) General C) Medic D) Aviator
A) Jimmie W. Monteith B) Frank D. Peregory C) Lesley J. McNair D) Theodore Roosevelt Jr.
A) Saving Private Ryan B) Band of Brothers C) Patton D) The Longest Day
A) Quentin Tarantino B) Francis Ford Coppola C) George Lucas D) Steven Spielberg
A) Ludwig J. W. Pieper B) Jimmie W. Monteith C) Lesley J. McNair D) Quentin Roosevelt
A) Preston Niland B) Frank D. Peregory C) Robert Niland D) Julius H. O. Pieper
A) Three B) Twelve C) Ten D) Five
A) A star of David B) A circle C) A rectangle D) A Latin cross
A) The Wall of the Missing B) The entrance gate C) The Memorial D) The Chapel
A) It points directly towards Theodore Roosevelt's birthplace B) It was specifically requested by the US government C) It is coincidental D) French law required all allied cemeteries to face west
A) Dwight D. Eisenhower B) Donald De Lue C) Robert Foster D) Leon Kroll
A) 22-foot B) 15-foot C) 50-foot D) 32-foot
A) Donald De Lue B) Leon Kroll C) Robert Foster D) Dwight D. Eisenhower
A) 1944 B) 1960 C) 1945 D) 1953
A) 19 B) 489 C) 500,000 D) 1,557
A) Marianne B) The Goddess of Peace C) Columbia D) St. Paul
A) A red-capped Marianne figure B) Columbia C) A dove D) An angel
A) Over the arches of the Memorial B) On the Wall of the Missing C) Outside on the chapel's wall D) On the chapel's roof
A) On the altar in Pyrenean marble B) Outside on the chapel's wall C) Inside the Memorial loggia D) On the chapel's roof
A) Swedish black granite B) Bronze C) Italian white marble D) Pink granite
A) Sandstone B) Pink granite slab C) Swedish black granite D) White marble
A) 1977 B) 1998 C) 1969 D) 1944
A) Dwight D. Eisenhower B) Captain John Miller C) The Sullivan brothers D) The Niland brothers
A) James Francis Ryan B) Robert Foster C) Tom Hanks D) Mark Camphouse
A) The newsmen of June 6, 1944 B) The Niland brothers C) The Sullivan brothers D) General Dwight D. Eisenhower
A) Dwight D. Eisenhower B) Robert Foster C) Tom Hanks D) Mark Camphouse
A) Normandy Landings B) Taken by Force C) Saving Private Ryan Soundtrack D) Symphonic Prelude
A) The military band B) The film crew C) The newsmen D) Scorpions |