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This was taken on the bus, enroute to the sites. Notice the look on
John's face.
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Now look at the look on Bruno's face. (Bruno is one of the cool grad
students who's here to help run the summer program. He's going to take
some grad school courses at Tech in the fall. I think he was trying to
sleep here.)
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Now, onto the more sobering aspects of the trip. This is a picture of
some of the craters that were visible in the wooded areas around the
memorials.
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More craters. There were larger ones in some places, but they were
obscured by tree growth. Obviously, if it's been long enough for huge
trees to grow there then erosion has taken its toll to some
degree. The museum had a recreation of the post-battle battlefield.
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This is the flag flying over the French fort we visited. Much of the
stuff here was underground.
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This is another entrace to the same fort.
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These are some of the mechanisms used to aim guns out of the fort.
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This is the memorial/cemetery area.
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This is the memorial and crypt, containing lots of names and even more
bones.
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This is a view of the cemetery areas from on top of the monument.
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Same idea. This area was also part of the battlefield.
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Gives you an idea of what it looks like here now.
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The Tranché des Baïonnettes, or Trenche of
Bayonettes. Most of the bayonettes have been stolen as souveniors by
now, but it was still impressive.
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People walking toward the trench memorial.
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And thus we conclude our tour. As usual, you can get to the whole picture page.
