Early summer visit to Northern France to see some military landmarks of the Twentieth Century. In attendance: Brendan and friend Tyger - accompanied by Dad.
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| Lorraine American Cemetery - St. Avold, France 10,489 Americans buried here. |
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| Chapel interior. |
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| Freedom is not free... |
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| Gravesite: Second Lieutenant Robert E. Bigelow 743rd Bomber Squadron, 455th Bomber Group Shot down in action in Austria, wounded, taken prisoner of war Died of wounds 2 April 1944 |
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| Hackenberg Fort - part of the infamous Maginot Line - French defensive underground tunnels built after WWI to resist invading armies - occupied by Germany during WWII - liberated by the U.S. 7th Army in 1944. |
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| Inside the tunnel complex at Hackenberg - miles and miles of underground rail systems and bunkers. |
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| Checking out the tunnel bunkers. |
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| Brendan and Tyger at the American memorial inside Hackenberg. |
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| Brendan next to a fortified gun nest at Hackenberg. |
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| Beer gardens all over the Old City Center in Baden-Baden. |
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| Brendan and friend Tyger enjoying a beverage at one of the many beer gardens in Baden-Baden, Germany |
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