My wife's grandfather's yongest brother is buried in a Commonwealth War Cemetery near Rimini. We have visited it twice and as far as I know we are the only members of his family ever to have visited; his parents were poor and elderly when he died and his siblings never go round to doing so, probably for similar reasons as most of them were married by the time the cemetery was completed.
Therefore, I can see every reason why the Americans bring their boys home. They do not have the tradition of overseas travel as we do and presumably feel the need (like I do) to visit a graveside from time to time.
I would agree that the Commonwealth War Graves Cemeteries are magnificant tributes, and where Uncle Eddie is buried is very beautiful and peaceful, but they are not the only way.
The Americans do this kind of thing very well, I suspect because they do not have the same 'officer and men' disparity in class as we do, so many people will have benefitted from the sort of experience that has been mentioned here.
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