Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery San Antonio TX

This United States National Cemetery sits adjacent to Fort Sam Houston Military Post. The Post was formally established in 1875 but the cemetery was not designated until 1924; previously another area in San Antonio was used as the cemetery and became the San Antonio National Cemetery. The Fort Sam Houston Base was the largest in the United States at one time; it also held many German POWs during World War II and a few are buried here. When some small Texas frontier military posts were closed, the remains in their post cemeteries were reinterred here.

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