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pa28

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17. In France I went to go exploring around the battle of the Somme site.

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Wed Feb 1, 2012, 10:50 PM

Feb 2012

I spent a couple of days driving around the back roads and exploring the places I'd only read about. Even after all these years the unplowed areas are still cratered and littered with battle debris.

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