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Indochina: From Colonial Rule to the Division of Vietnam

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Topics: DMZ, Indochina, Dien Bien Phu, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone, Vo Nguyen Giap, Ngo Dinh Diem, Vietnam, Điện Biên Phủ, President Eisenhower, Viet Minh

79th Infantry Division - La Haye du Puits: Concentration 56 and Lessay

June 29th, 1944, while the last battles were taking place west (Cap de la Hague) and east (Cap Lévi) of Cherbourg, the 2nd Battalion of the 314th Infantry Regiment left its assembly area (south of Bricquebec) to take up

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Topics: World War 2, World War Two, WWII 1st US Army, Infantry

79th Infantry Division - La Haye du Puits: Concentration 55

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Topics: World War 2, World War Two, WWII 1st US Army, WWII 79th Infantry Division, Infantry, La Haye du Puits WWII

War in Ukraine today, the Elbe River linkup April 25, 1945 yesterday!

The Russian/Ukrainian – American Linkup 25 April 1945!

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Topics: World War 2, World War Two, WWII 69th Infantry Division, Elbe River Linkup

1 September 1939, 4:45 am, WWII - Fathers soon will bury their sons

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Topics: World War 2, World War Two, WWII Poland, WWII Invasion of Poland

How to Get France Health Pass (QR Code) for American Tourists

Press release - Health pass for vaccinated non-European foreign tourists passing through France (23 August 2021) The Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs is setting up a specific system allowing foreign tourists

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Topics: Covid-19, Traveling to Europe, Vaccination, Traveling to France, Health Pass and QR code

I refuse to travel safely & practice social distancing...!

Now this is an interesting statement wouldn't you say!

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Topics: Covid-19, Health, Safety, Awareness, Traveling to Europe

Do I Need a COVID-19 Test Before Traveling back to the States?

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Topics: Covid-19, Health, Safety, Awareness, Traveling to Europe

The twin brothers of the 297th engineer combat battalion

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Letter from the past - Tribéhou in Normandy, PFC Anthony C. Ippolito

Once our missions to clear roads at Cherbourg were completed on the 27th and 28th of June 1944, we were sent back to Saint-Joseph and Fresville to rest after the heavy fightings to take control of "Fortress" Cherbourg.

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Topics: World War 2, World War Two, WWII 297th Engineer Battalion The Jack Rabbits

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