Brittany American Cemetery and Memorial, Military cemetery in Montjoie-Saint-Martin, France.

The Brittany American Cemetery is a military burial ground on former farmland in Normandy where approximately 4,410 soldiers are interred. The white marble headstones are arranged in 16 fan-shaped plots across 28 acres of gently rolling terrain.

The cemetery was established in 1944 following the American breakthrough from Normandy into Brittany during the offensive near Avranches. It marks a key location in the liberation of France during the Second World War.

The chapel's east end carries Lee Lawrie's sculpture group "Youth Triumphing Over Evil", carved in Chauvigny limestone by Jean Juge of Paris. Over the entrance door, an eagle, shield, stars, laurel and arrows form the Great Seal of the United States, flanked by two angels: a mourning figure with the laurel of the brave and palm of sacrifice, and a mailed Victory with sword and trumpet.

The cemetery lies on the D973 about 2 km from Saint-James, on the Montjoie-Saint-Martin side. A central mall runs east from the chapel to the cenotaph, with the 16 fan-shaped plots curving off it. The memorial terrace and retaining wall with the 498 names stand at the chapel end.

The memorial wall displays 498 names of missing soldiers, with rosettes marking those whose remains were later identified and recovered. These details show how long the process of identifying and returning fallen soldiers to their home country took.