With the 100th Anniversary of the end of World War One approaching, I went to France to explore some of those hallowed grounds, where so many fought and died. Included are some pictures of the 1st Infantry Division from D-Day + 70 years, on Omaha Beach
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Eagle sculpture at the US Memorial Chateau Thierry, France
A French Army trench, near the Bois Brulee
A building known as the Hunting Lodge: Belleau Wood World War I
The trees of Verdun
World War I 100 Years later, the trees still know everything
An underground French quarry became a fortress for French troops who leave their traces
A German cemetery near Nampcel, France
The Route Des Dames
World War I
A French encampment - World War I
"They shall not pass..." A French underground carving
The Trees know: They've heard it all....
The Eagle monument in Cantigny, Memorial to the 1st Inf Division
The Big Red One Color Guard: Cantigny 2018
French Veterans: Cantigny 2018
The Big Red One Color Guard: Cantigny 2018
The Big Red One Color Guard: Cantigny 2018
The Big Red One Color Guard: Cantigny 2018
Cantigny Rededication
Cantigny Rededication
The Big Red One Color Guard: Cantigny 2018
Cantigny Rededication of 1st Inf Div Monument
Cantigny Rededication
The Big Red One Color Guard: Cantigny 2018
Cantigny Rededication
Cantigny Rededication
Cantigny Rededication
Cantigny Rededication
The Big Red One Color Guard: Cantigny 2018
Hands of WW2 Veteran, Cantigny Rededication
The Big Red One Color Guard: Cantigny 2018
The Big Red One Color Guard: Cantigny 2018
The trees have heard it all
St Mihiel French soldiers await unfurling the tricolor
U S Cemetery at St Mihiel
U S Cemetery at St Mihiel
U S Cemetery at St Mihiel
A US-French friendship statue near St Mihiel
A French Army trench - Bois Brulee
Butte de Vauquois, where thousands of shells landed
Butte de Vauquois - "the wire"
Ft Douaumont, soldiers quarters
A battle field near St Mihiel
1st Inf Div. Color Guard - Cantigny
Rededication of the Eagle Statue - Cantigny
Quentin Roosevelt, son of Pres. Roosevelt, where his plane crashed, in French countryside
The "Tower" in Montfaucon
German Cemetery
American Cemetery at St Mihiel
A French Army WW1 trench