The visitor centre at Cambridge American Cemetery is to temporarily close.
The American Battle Monuments Commission will shut the facility for renovation from September 13.
The closure will be in place until late October, however the cemetery grounds and reception area will remain open.
The cemetery staff will be available to assist visitors and answer questions.
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Cambridge American Cemetery is one of two U.S. military cemeteries in the U.K. but the only World War II site.
It was a temporary cemetery during the war and commonly described as the “aviator’s cemetery” or the “Eighth Air Force Cemetery,” due to the many surrounding airfields.
It contains the graves of approximately 4,000 U.S. service members.
More than 5,100 names are also inscribed on its walls of the missing.
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