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TIL 94 US WWII Servicemen executed by the US Military are buried in "Plot E" of the Oise Aisne American Cemetery in France, a section designated for “the dishonored dead". Hedges hide it from view, no US flag is permitted to fly over it, the graves lack headstones and it is not publicly accessible.

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