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Friday, March 20, 2026

Verdun


Even men in the living hell that was Verdun got an occasional break from the fighting.  
This happy Poilu is enjoying a swim at the sluice gate of a mill pond.



 

3 comments:

  1. The memorial at Verdun is one of the most moving and humbling places one could visit. I hope this joyful gentleman survived.

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    1. I hope so as well. I wrote an honors history term paper on Verdun in 1971, and it was difficult to read some of the accounts.

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    2. I can only imagine. I have the book Walking In The Footsteps Of The Fallen:Verdun 1916 and have taken the tour itself. Something you never forget and shouldn't.

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