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    "title" : "Three New Mobile Apps Honor Fallen Veterans Overseas |Digital.gov",
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    {"title" :"Three New Mobile Apps Honor Fallen Veterans Overseas","summary" : "The American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) released three new mobile apps this summer to honor fallen veterans in overseas cemeteries in Belgium, France, and Italy.","date" : "2015-08-20T11:00:12-04:00","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","topics" : {
        
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      "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2015/08/2015-08-20-three-new-mobile-apps-honor-fallen-veterans-overseas.md",
      "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2015/08/2015-08-20-three-new-mobile-apps-honor-fallen-veterans-overseas.md","slug" : "three-new-mobile-apps-honor-fallen-veterans-overseas","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2015/08/20/three-new-mobile-apps-honor-fallen-veterans-overseas/","content" :"\u003cp\u003eThe \u003ca href=\"https://www.abmc.gov/\"\u003eAmerican Battle Monuments Commission\u003c/a\u003e (ABMC) released three new mobile apps this summer to honor fallen veterans in overseas cemeteries in Belgium, France, and Italy.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"image\"\u003e\n  \u003cimg\n    src=\"https://s3.amazonaws.com/digitalgov/_legacy-img/2015/08/600-x-331-Three-ABMC-app-home-screens.jpg\"\n    alt=\"A composite of screenshots of homescreens for three American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) apps: Flanders Field American Cemetery, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, and Sicily-Rome American Cemetery and Memorial.\"/\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eInformation about \u003ca href=\"https://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries-memorials/europe/flanders-field-american-cemetery#.VdS7CCxViko\"\u003eFlanders Field\u003c/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries-memorials/europe/meuse-argonne-american-cemetery#.VdS61yxViko\"\u003eMeuse-Argonne\u003c/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"https://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries-memorials/europe/sicily-rome-american-cemetery#.VdS7JSxViko\"\u003eSicily-Rome\u003c/a\u003e American Cemeteries are all now accessible via mobile apps for both Android and iOS. ABMC developed these apps in line with their strategy of “\u003ca href=\"/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2015/07/01/planning-with-a-purpose-3-reasons-why-agencies-created-native-apps/\"\u003eproviding an inspirational and educational visitor experience through effective outreach and interpretive programs\u003c/a\u003e.” Visitors to the cemeteries overseas are able to download these apps prior to travel or via WiFi in the visitor centers. These apps allow you to:\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"image image-right image-right-legacy\"\u003e\n  \u003cimg\n    src=\"https://s3.amazonaws.com/digitalgov/_legacy-img/2015/08/250-x-445-Sicily-Rome_ABMC-app-personal-story.jpg\"\n    alt=\"Screenshot of the personal story of Alwayne M. Dunlap, Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army Air Forces, from the Sicily-Rome American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) app.\"/\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePlan your visit to include driving directions, operating hours, and parking information\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLearn the stories of the Americans buried there, and find their burial locations\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExplore the cemetery grounds, and learn about the design and layout\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTake a cemetery tour in as little as one hour, or spend the entire day exploring the site\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUnderstand the U.S. military’s role in World War I or II\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSee a map of the cemetery, including key points of interest\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou don’t need to visit the cemeteries in order to benefit from these apps; they offer all users a glimpse of history and the sacrifices our veterans made.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWant to learn more about how ABMC’s development of these apps? Join our webinar on \u003ca href=\"\n\"\u003eUsing Mobile Experience Guidelines to Create Stellar Mobile Products\u003c/a\u003e as ABMC and Education discuss how they have implemented mobile user experience practices in the development of their applications.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eYou can download this and other government apps through the \u003ca href=\"https://www.usa.gov/mobile-apps\"\u003eUSA.gov Federal Mobile Apps Directory\u003c/a\u003e. Do you have a federal app that is not listed on the Directory? Take part in the \u003ca href=\"/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2015/05/21/start-sleuthing-with-the-great-federal-mobile-product-hunt/\"\u003eGreat Federal Mobile Product Hunt\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/i\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n"}
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