As we drove into the town, a place we had never heard of despite our very many numerous visits to France, we came across the Lorraine American Cemetery which covers just over 113 acres of rolling French countryside. Believe it or not, this is the final resting place of no less than 10489 American soldiers who were killed during the Second World War as they successfully drove the German forces from the French fortress city of Metz towards the Siegfried Line and the Rhine. The headstones identifying these fallen heroes are arranged over 9 plots in the rolling French terrain.
It is a beautifully maintained monument to these men who lost their lives so many thousands of miles away from their families and friends and serves as true testimony to the sacrifice that they made on behalf of the Allies in World War 2.
To update you on our journey, we are now sitting on the outskirts of Salzburg having covered 375 miles today and just over 1000 since leaving home. We intend to spend the day in the city tomorrow and hopefully I will post an update tomorrow and bring a slightly lighter note to this blog.
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