The October, 2014 issue of Newsletter Verdun-Meuse is now available. Each issue features a calendar of relevnt events, book review, and several well-researchared articles. This month’s issue includes articles focusing on archeology in the war. Although the newsletter is in French, English speakers can read a passable translation using Google’s translation tool.
Caption: American Infantry Passing Through Buzancy, Nov. 3, 1918.
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The U.S. Army Medical Department, Office of Medical History maintains a website that includes: “The Medical Department of the United States Army in the World War, Volume VIII Field Operations.” This e-book contain a wealth of information, including several photos that will continue to be part of this websites’ Then and Now Blogs.
Pierre Grande Guerre, a Dutch member of the Western Front Association, Netherlands Branch, has assembled quite a photo collection of his travels along the Western Front–including the Meuse-Argonne. These photos can be seen on his website: Pierreswesternfront.punt.nl.
As part of “The Great War Centennial Tour Series” Valor Tours, Ltd. is leading two tours focusing on the “Battlefields of 14 & 15: the Western Front Takes Shape.” Tour dates are 2–10 May, and 15-24 August 2015.
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