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gberg2007: Verdun 001 - Lille, France - Hotel Lille Europe - my hotel
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gberg2007: Verdun 002 - Lille, France - Hotel Lille Europe - my room
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gberg2007: Verdun 003 - Lille, France - Hotel Lille Europe - my room
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gberg2007: Verdun 004 - Lille, France - Hotel Lille Europe - my room
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gberg2007: Verdun 005 - Lille, France - Hotel Lille Europe - my room
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gberg2007: Verdun 006 - Lille, France - Hotel Lille Europe - my bathroom
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gberg2007: Verdun 007 - Lille, France - Hotel Lille Europe - the view from my room
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gberg2007: Verdun 008 - Lille, France - Hotel Lille Europe - the view from my room
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gberg2007: Verdun 009 - Lille, France - Hotel Lille Europe - the view from my room
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gberg2007: Verdun 010 - Day 1 - Bellicourt American Monument...
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gberg2007: Verdun 011 - Day 1 - ...commemorating the 1st major US action in WWI and breaking...
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gberg2007: Verdun 012 - Day 1 - ...thru the Germans vaunted Hindenburg Line from Sep 24-30, 1918
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gberg2007: Verdun 013 - Day 1 - monument to the AEFs 30th Division that broke thru the Hindenburg Line
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gberg2007: Verdun 014 - Day 1 - Bellicourt - German bunker beside the St. Quentin Canal tunnel
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gberg2007: Verdun 015 - Day 1 - Bellicourt - one end of the 5670m St. Quentin Canal tunnel
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gberg2007: Verdun 016 - Day 1 - Bellicourt - one of two barges used in the tunnel by the Germans
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gberg2007: Verdun 017 - Day 1 - Bellicourt - the barges were pulled through by chains
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gberg2007: Verdun 018 - Day 1 - Riqueval Farm Bridge was the only intact bridge across the Canal...
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gberg2007: Verdun 019 - Day 1 - ...and it was of strategic importance to capture it with the tunnel
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gberg2007: Verdun 020 - Day 1 - Bellicourt - the original Riqueval Farm Bridge
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gberg2007: Verdun 021 - Day 1 - Epernay, France - Hotel de Champagne - my hotel
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gberg2007: Verdun 022 - Day 1 - Epernay, France - Hotel de Champagne - my room
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gberg2007: Verdun 023 - Day 1 - Epernay, France - Hotel de Champagne - my room
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gberg2007: Verdun 024 - Day 1 - Epernay, France - Hotel de Champagne - my room
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gberg2007: Verdun 025 - Day 1 - Epernay, France - Hotel de Champagne - my room
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gberg2007: Verdun 026 - Day 1 - Epernay, France - Hotel de Champagne - my bathroom
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gberg2007: Verdun 027 - Day 1 - Epernay, France - Hotel de Champagne - the view from my room
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gberg2007: Verdun 028 - Day 1 - Epernay, France - Hotel de Champagne - the view from my room
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gberg2007: Verdun 029 - Day 2 - Chateau-Thierry American Monument
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gberg2007: Verdun 030 - Day 2 - Chateau-Thierry American Monument - a brief history of the battle fought here