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Murmansk Allied Military Cemetery Monument

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Details:

The monument as well as the American graves are located on the south side of the cemetery, behind the monument "1939-1940," along Verkhne-Rostinskoye Highway, outside the main Cemetery boundary.

Monument

A black stele containing a commemoration message that is written in Russian, erected in memory of the British Commonwealth of Nations and the US soldiers who died during the Second World War and were buried here.

Source of photo: avp23649.livejournal.com

Monument Text:

союзническое 

военное кладбище 

мурманск

 

эти памятники были

воздвигнуты в память

воинов Британского

Содружества нации

и Соединенных Штатов

Америки, погибших,

принеся помощь

Советскому Cоюзу

во время Великой

Отечественной войны

 

1941-1945

 

 

English translation:
 

ALLIED

MILITARY CEMETERY

MURMANSK

 

these monuments were

erected in memory

of warriors of the British

Commonwealth of Nations

and the United States

of America, who died

bringing aid

to the Soviet Union

during the Great

Patriotic War

 

1941-1945

Commemorates:

Units:

S.S. Induna (Glasgow)

United States Coast Guard

United States Merchant Marine

United States Navy

Wars:

WWII