They died in a far off land.
The Cambridge American Cemetery holds 3,812 American war dead. Most died in the Battle of the Atlantic or during the air bombardment of northern Europe.
We went there on a cold December day, about two years ago. It was a somber, quiet place.
Movies that glorify the battles of the second World War weren't filmed here. But those who came back from the war, like my father-in-law, remember those who didn't, those who were left behind in cemeteries like this one in East Anglia.
