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Fort Bliss National Cemetery
Fort Bliss National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located in the United States Army post of Fort Bliss, in El Paso County, Texas. Administered by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, it encompasses , and as of 2014, had over 50,000 interments.
==History==
Fort Bliss itself was not established until the 1840s, but burials were made in the area of the cemetery as early as 1833. The fort was used as a Confederate infantry post during the American Civil War, and later it was changed to a cavalry post for training during World War I, and then became a demobilization camp after the war. In 1914 the cemetery was only , and another 2.2 acres were added during the war. In 1939, funds were allocated for improvements and plans were approved to make it into a National Cemetery.
Aside from American soldiers, Fort Bliss National Cemetery was chosen by the Chinese government the place of interment for 55 Chinese air force cadets who died while training at the Fort in 1944. There are also several German prisoners of war, and three Japanese civilians who were transferred from a cemetery in Lordsburg, New Mexico, as well as one German scientist who died while participating in research projects at Fort Bliss during World War II. An officer of the British Royal Air Force from the same war is also buried here.〔() CWGC casualty report.〕
In 1955, to make way for new construction in the New Orleans Central Business District, the remains of the Fort's namesake Lieutenant Colonel William Wallace Smith Bliss (1815–1853) were disinterred from Girod Street Cemetery in New Orleans, Louisiana, and brought to Fort Bliss, along with the monument erected in his memory.
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