{ "version" : "https://jsonfeed.org/version/1", "content" : "news", "type" : "single", "title" : "Explore Iconic Overseas World War II Sites with ABMC Apps |Digital.gov", "description": "Explore Iconic Overseas World War II Sites with ABMC Apps", "home_page_url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/","feed_url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2015/03/05/explore-iconic-overseas-world-war-ii-sites-with-abmc-apps/index.json","item" : [ {"title" :"Explore Iconic Overseas World War II Sites with ABMC Apps","summary" : "The Normandy American Cemetery is one of the 25 permanent American military cemeteries in foreign countries that the American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) maintains to honor the service, achievements and sacrifices of U.S. armed forces.","date" : "2015-03-05T10:22:36-04:00","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"kdowney" : "Kevin Downey"},"topics" : { "content-strategy" : "Content strategy", "mobile" : "Mobile" },"branch" : "bc-archive-content-3", "filename" :"2015-03-05-explore-iconic-overseas-world-war-ii-sites-with-abmc-apps.md", "filepath" :"news/2015/03/2015-03-05-explore-iconic-overseas-world-war-ii-sites-with-abmc-apps.md", "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2015/03/2015-03-05-explore-iconic-overseas-world-war-ii-sites-with-abmc-apps.md", "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2015/03/2015-03-05-explore-iconic-overseas-world-war-ii-sites-with-abmc-apps.md","slug" : "explore-iconic-overseas-world-war-ii-sites-with-abmc-apps","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2015/03/05/explore-iconic-overseas-world-war-ii-sites-with-abmc-apps/","content" :"\u003cdiv class=\"testimonial small\"\u003e\n We have not forgotten, we will never forget, the debt of infinite gratitude that we have contracted with those who gave everything for our freedom.\u003cbr /\u003e \u003cspan class=\"test-author\"\u003eRene Coty, Président de la République Francaise\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"image image-right image-right-legacy\"\u003e\n \u003cimg\n src=\"https://s3.amazonaws.com/digitalgov/_legacy-img/2015/03/250-x-427-American-Battle-Monuments-Commission-ABMC-Normandy-American-Cemetery-Android-app.jpg\"\n alt=\"Screen capture of home screen for the Normandy American Cemetery app\"/\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\nThose are the words of Rene Coty, the president of France from 1954 to 1959, inscribed in the American Battle Monuments Commission’s Normandy American Cemetery Visitor Center in France.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Normandy American Cemetery is one of the 25 permanent American military cemeteries in foreign countries that the \u003ca href=\"http://www.abmc.gov\"\u003eAmerican Battle Monuments Commission\u003c/a\u003e (ABMC) maintains to honor the service, achievements and sacrifices of U.S. armed forces.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThrough newly released smartphone apps by ABMC, this iconic World War II site and others are now accessible to anyone wishing to learn more about these hallowed grounds.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Normandy American Cemetery app serves as a personal tour guide around the cemetery, where 9,387 Americans are buried in the grounds overlooking Omaha Beach. On June 6, 1944, D-Day, Allied forces changed the course of history with the successful invasion of France that marked the beginning of the end of World War II in Europe.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"image image-right image-right-legacy\"\u003e\n \u003cimg\n src=\"https://s3.amazonaws.com/digitalgov/_legacy-img/2015/03/250-x-444-Cambridge-American-Cemetery-American-Battle-Monuments-Commission-ABMC-iOS-Apple-app.jpg\"\n alt=\"Screen capture of the Cambridge American Cemetery app\"/\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eABMC also released a similar tour-guide app in February to service the Cambridge American Cemetery in the U.K., where 3,812 Americans who died in World War II are buried. American armed forces used Great Britain as a base of operations during the war, further solidifying the friendship and alliance between the two nations.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Normandy American Cemetery app is available for \u003ca href=\"https://itunes.apple.com/app/normandy-american-cemetery/id953276481?mt=8\u0026amp;ign-mpt=uo%3D8\"\u003eiOS\u003c/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=gov.abmc.normandy\"\u003eAndroid\u003c/a\u003e tablet and smartphone devices.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Cambridge American Cemetery is similarly available for \u003ca href=\"https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/cambridge-american-cemetery/id965887167?mt=8\"\u003eiOS\u003c/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=gov.abmc.cambridge\"\u003eAndroid\u003c/a\u003e devices.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese new ABMC apps, as well as the very popular \u003ca href=\"http://www.abmc.gov/news-events/news/explore-battle-pointe-du-hoc-your-smartphone\"\u003ePointe du Hoc\u003c/a\u003e promontory app released earlier, help users learn the stories of the Americans buried overseas, explore the sites without needing to be physically present, and understand the U.S. military’s role in World War II. AMBC plans to release native applications for other sites later this year.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"testimonial small\"\u003e\n Time will not dim the glory of their deeds.\u003cbr /\u003e \u003cspan class=\"test-author\"\u003eGeneral of the Armies John J. Pershing, first chairman of ABMC\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eYou can download these and other cool mobile government apps with just a few clicks from our \u003ca href=\"http://www.usa.gov/mobileapps.shtml\"\u003eUSA.gov Federal Mobile Apps Directory\u003c/a\u003e. Federal agencies can get their apps in the directory by \u003ca href=\"https://touchpoints.app.cloud.gov/registry\"\u003eusing the Federal Mobile Products Registry\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n"} ] }