[2] The majority of burials at the cemetery are of men that died fighting in the liberation of Sicily, code-named Operation Husky (10 July to 17 August 1943); in the landings at the Salerno, code-named Operation Avalanche (9 September 1943) and the heavy fighting northward; and the landings, code-named Operation Shingle, at Anzio and Nettuno and expansion of the beachhead (22 January 1944 to May 1944); and in air and naval support in the regions.

The cemetery covers 77 acres (31 ha) with a gentle slope rising from a pool with an island and cenotaph flanked by groups of Italian cypress trees.

Beyond the pool is the immense field of headstones of 7,861 of American military war dead, arranged in gentle arcs on broad green lawns beneath rows of pine trees.

A wide central mall leads to the memorial, rich in works of art and architecture, expressing America's and Italy's remembrance of the dead.

There is a wall of remembrance commemorating 3.095 missing in action service personnel (rosettes denote those later found or identified).