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A FRENCH GREAT WAR VETERAN’S MEDALS

Oct 30, 2020 2 minuti
by Ken Bowra
Photo courtesy
Alexander F. Barnes

While assigned in Europe, I was able to do field research on numerous battlefields, including Verdun, in France. During one visit to Verdun, I stayed in a small hotel in Varennes-en-Argonne.

Varennes-en-Argonne has a long, interesting history. It was there that Louis XVI, the King of France, with his family, was arrested in

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