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This is the Homepage for the many Soldiers, Airmen and Dependents that were stationed at any of the military casernes (56th General Hospital, Chicago, Etain, Gribeauval, Maginot,& Rozelier) occupied by the U.S. Armed Forces between 1950 & 1968. Today some of these bases have been taken over by the French Military or by civilian authorities.
Verdun (1990 pop. 23,427) Meuse dept, in NE France, in Lorraine, On the Meuse River. A strategic transportation center, Verdun has veried industries and is situated in a agricultural region. The town was a prosperous commercial center in Roman times and also during Carolingian period in the 800s. An episcopal see since the4th cent., Verdun, with its surrounding area, was one of the three bishoprics (with Metz and Toul) seized (1552) by Henry II of France from the Holy Roman Empire. The town itself was a free imperial city before it passed to France. The Peace of Westphalia (1648), ending the Thirty Years War, confirmed Verdun in French possession. Forified by Sebastien Vauban during the reign of Louis XIV, Verdun thereafter became important strategically. After 1871 the town became the principal French fortress facing Germany and was surrounded by a ring of defenses. The longest battle of World War I was fought at Verdun in 1916. Im 1918 the Americans and French were victorious in the Verdun sector and at Saint Mihiel. Almost totally distoryed, Verdun was rebuilt after the war. The town and the battlefields of Verdun, with their huge military cemeteries and numerous impressive monuments, form a national sanctuary. Other points of interest are the cathedral (11th-12th cent.) and the town hall (17th cent.), which is now a war museum. Today Verdun is the World City of Peace.
Verdun, In addition to its historical past, is a city to discover. Crossed by the Meuse River, See the downtown area, rich in monuments, cascades, fountains, and restaurants, Visit all of the old U.S. Army casernes.
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