The American Battle Monuments Commission and the World War II Memorial: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on National Security, Veterans Affairs, and International Relations of the Committee on Government Reform, House of Representatives, One Hundred Sixth Congress, Second Session, June 6, 2000

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Página 46 - A material weakness is a reportable condition in which the design or operation of one or more of the internal control components does not reduce to a relatively low level the risk that misstatements in amounts that would be material in relation to the financial statements being audited may occur and not be detected within a timely period by employees in the normal course of performing their assigned functions.
Página 21 - These photographs are mounted on large color lithographs of the cemeteries or memorials. In addition, we assist those who wish to purchase floral decorations for placement at a grave or memorial site in our cemeteries. A photograph of the m-place floral arrangement is provided to the donor.
Página 20 - Monuments commission is a small, one-of-akind organization, that is responsible for commemorating the services of American Armed Forces where they have served since April 6, 1917 (the date of US entry into World War I) through the...
Página 19 - Mr. Chairman, this concludes my statement and I will be pleased to answer any of your questions.
Página 20 - Commission administers, operates, and maintains twenty-four permanent memorial cemeteries and twenty-seven monuments, memorials, and markers in the United States and fifteen countries around the world. We have eight World War I and 14 World War II cemeteries located in Europe, the Mediterranean, North Africa and the Philippines. All of these cemeteries are closed to burials except for the remains of the War Dead...
Página 21 - I, 93,243 of World War II and 750 of the Mexican War Additionally, 5,857 American veterans and others are interred in the Mexico City and Corozal (Panama) American Cemeteries. Commemorated individually by name on stone tablets at the World War I and II cemeteries and three memorials on US soil are the 94,120 US servicemen and women who were Missing in Action, or lost or buried at sea in their general regions during the World Wars and the Korean and Vietnam Wars.

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