Murmansk Allied Military Cemetery Monument
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.
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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