03-25-2005, 10:42 AM
All I know about this is that after the war the 100s of temporary cemeteries were to be removed in lieu of socalled Memorial Parks. These were pieces of land donated by the donor countries. I believe after WW2 8 were opened in Europe. To prevent to have them all scattered, the choice in Italy was to bury them in Nettuno, and have all the war dead from Sicily moved there. The reasoning beyong this is not known to me.
For example, practically all Americans that died in Denmark were later moved to Ardennes Cemetery in Belgium, instead of Denmark.
BTW, I just got the book COMBAT JUMP by Ed Ruggero. Is it any good???