Then and Now: Exermont

ExermontTanks Then

 

Exermont Tanks Now

 

Caption:  “A Man Who Goes Through Battle Does Not Get Over It.”  A moment after the preceding picture had been taken, the screech of a high explosive shell was heard and the men who had been loitering in the street of Exermont, which they had just captured, scrambled for cover.

Location:  On the D142, right by the church.

Source of Then Photo:  “Forward March!  Section 2.  The Photographic Record of American in the World War and the Post War Social upheaval.”  Disabled American Veterans, 1934, p. 355.

Source of Now Photo:  The Webmaster; Taken during the 1998 Western Front Association USA Branch battlefield tour.

 

 

 

Exermont Church Then

 

Exermont Church Now

 

Caption:  soldiers taking a break inside the church at Exermont.

Location:  Exermont’s church.

Source of Then Photo:  ??

Source of Now Photo:  The Webmaster; Taken during the 1998 Western Front Association USA Branch battlefield tour.