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Memorial Day 2026 - Lorraine American Cemetery Brig. Gen. Steven P. Carpenter A-Roll (Speech)

  • AFN Kaiserslautern
  • May 24, 2026 | 6:04

U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Steven P. Carpenter, Multi-Domain Command-Europe commanding general, explains the significance of the Lorraine American Cemetery Memorial Day ceremony during a speech, May 23, 2026, at Lorraine American Cemetery, in Saint-Avold, France. Most of the graves in Lorraine American Cemetery belong to American military members who were killed while driving the German forces from the fortress city of Metz, France, toward the Siegfried Line and the Rhine River in World War II. (U.S. Air Force video by Airman 1st Class Ayden Worley)