American Battle Monuments Commission

2300 Clarendon Boulevard

Suite 500

Arlington, VA 22201 

USA

Sicily-Rome American Cemetery

Piazzale J.F. Kennedy, 1

00048 Nettuno Rome – Italy

tel (+39) 06.988.0284

gps N41 27.918 E12 39.503 Photograph: U.S. Coast Guard

Baltic Stone Monument

This monument, at the edge of woods very close to 

the sea, marks where the U.S. 3rd Infantry Division 

made an amphibious assault landing and established 

the Anzio beachhead.

Isola Bella

A humble marble slab memorializes fierce fighting at Isola 

Bella and Cisterna between the 1st, 3rd, and 4th Ranger 

Battalions and superior German forces, January 30, 1944. 

Bullet holes pockmark the stone columns. 

Allied Landings at Anzio 

January 22, 1944

key: Military Cemetery Parachute Drop

For more information on this site and other 

ABMC commemorative sites, please visit 

www.abmc.gov

Photo: The National Archives

Sicily-Rome American 

Cemetery and Memorial

American Battle Monuments Commission

Sicily-Rome American Cemetery and Memorial

The Sicily-Rome American Cemetery and Memorial is one of 

two permanent American World War II military cemeteries 

in Italy, and is dedicated to the fallen from the campaign 

of Sicily to the Liberation of Rome. The government of Italy 

granted use of this land in perpetuity as a permanent burial 

ground without charge. 

American Battle Monuments Commission

This agency of the United States government operates 

and maintains 25 American cemeteries and 26 memorials, 

monuments and markers in 16 countries. The Commission 

works to fulfill the vision of its first chairman, General of 

the Armies John J. Pershing. Pershing, commander of the 

American Expeditionary Forces during World War I, promised 

that “time will not dim the glory of their deeds.”

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At the Casablanca Conference in January 1943, Allied 

leaders decided to follow successes in North Africa by 

invading Sicily in July, and then cross into Italy. Their 

main objectives: clear the Mediterranean Sea, force Italy 

out of the war, divert German forces threatening Russia, 

and prepare for the 1944 Cross Channel invasion. Major 

milestones in the campaigns:

July 10, 1943 – Allied forces landed on Sicily’s 

southeastern corner.

August 17 – Sicily was liberated, German and Italian 

forces driven out.

September 3 – Italian government signed armistice.

September 9 – Allied forces landed at Salerno; stiff 

German resistance ensued. 

September 13-14 – American airborne units reinforced 

the Salerno beachhead.

October 1 – American Fifth Army entered Naples; British 

Eighth Army captured vital airfields near Foggia.

October-December – Allied forces fought slowly 

northward up the Italian peninsula.

January 22, 1944 – Allied forces landed at Anzio, surprising 

the Germans. The Germans reinforced, hurling three 

major counterattacks against the beachhead. Magnificent 

ground defense supported by artillery, airplanes, and 

naval gunfire saved and expanded the beachhead. Severe 

combat continued as Allied forces inland slogged 

northward against well-entrenched German forces.

The final penetration of the Germans’ fortified Gustav 

Line began on May 11, ultimately resulting in breakout 

from the beachhead and the Allies entering Rome on 

June 4. The Germans were now in full retreat.

sicily to rome 1943-44

The Memorial

The Memorial consists of a chapel, 

map room, and connecting peristyle 

constructed of Roman travertine. On 

a travertine pedestal in the peristyle 

is the “Brothers in Arms” sculpture.

The Chapel

The names of 3,095 Missing are 

memorialized on the interior walls 

of the Chapel. 

Stone 

Cenotaph

On a small island 

in the center 

of a pool near 

the cemetery 

entrance is a stone cenotaph of Roman 

travertine honoring the war dead.

The Burial 

Area

A center mall 

flanked by paths 

from the pool 

area to the 

Memorial divides the 10 burial plots. The 

headstones are of Lasa marble.

Visitor 

Center

Here you can 

meet our staff 

and get your 

questions 

answered, sign the guest register, and 

rest and refresh yourself.

Headstone Location

plot: 

row: 

grave: 

Useful

Information

On your journey from the Visitor Center 

west to the ornamental pool and up 

the mall paths through the burial area, 

you will reach the Memorial, the Chapel, 

Brothers in Arms statue, and the north 

and south gardens.

Layout

The North 

Garden

Four stars are 

centered with 

seasonal flowers 

around them. 

The outer side is a rectangular strip 

with blooming roses. Italian umbrella 

pines flank a granite fountain.

The South 

Garden

Seasonal flowers 

aligned with 

crepe myrtle trees 

appear on both 

sides. At the far end is a bronze statue of 

the Greek God of Music, Orpheus.

Photo: The National Archives

Photo: The National Archives

dimensions: 77 acres

headstones: 7,860

latin crosses: 7,738

stars of david: 122

missing in action: 3,095

sets of brothers: 23

medal of honor recipients:2

dedicated: July 7, 1956