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  • Model of a Roman centurion, an army officer in charge of the manoeuvres, conduct and training of a century of 80 men, wearing a plumed helmet and chainmail, in the Roman Army Museum, Hadrian's Wall, Northumberland, England. A centurion would wear a sideways horsehair crest on his helmet, a chainmail shirt over a leather doublet and a cloak on his back, with a sword and dagger at his belt. Hadrian's Wall was built 73 miles across Britannia, now England, 122-128 AD, under the reign of Emperor Hadrian, ruled 117-138, to mark the Northern extent of the Roman Empire and guard against barbarian attacks from the Picts to the North. The Roman Army Museum at Carvoran fort is run by the Vindolanda Charitable Trust and forms part of the Hadrian's Wall UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Model of a Roman centurion, an army officer in charge of the manoeuvres, conduct and training of a century of 80 men, wearing a plumed helmet and chainmail, in the Roman Army Museum, Hadrian's Wall, Northumberland, England. A centurion would wear a sideways horsehair crest on his helmet, a chainmail shirt over a leather doublet and a cloak on his back, with a sword and dagger at his belt. Hadrian's Wall was built 73 miles across Britannia, now England, 122-128 AD, under the reign of Emperor Hadrian, ruled 117-138, to mark the Northern extent of the Roman Empire and guard against barbarian attacks from the Picts to the North. The Roman Army Museum at Carvoran fort is run by the Vindolanda Charitable Trust and forms part of the Hadrian's Wall UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Gaulish army (left) and Roman army (right), mural, in the permanent exhibition of the Musee Archeologique de la Bataille de Gergovie, or Archaeological Museum of the Battle of Gergovia, designed by Jean Paul Reuillard, built 2015-19 and opened 19th October 2019, on the Plateau de Gergovie, or Gergovia Plateau, site of the Battle of Gergovia between Vercingetorix, Gaulish Arverni chieftain, and Julius Caesar in 52 BC, which the Gauls won, in the Massif Central, Auvergne, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Model of a Roman legionary infantry soldier wearing plate armour with a shield, dagger, spear and helmet, in the Roman Army Museum, Hadrian's Wall, Northumberland, England. A legionary would wear a woollen tunic and iron body armour, with rim around his helmet to protect the head from sword blows. Hadrian's Wall was built 73 miles across Britannia, now England, 122-128 AD, under the reign of Emperor Hadrian, ruled 117-138, to mark the Northern extent of the Roman Empire and guard against barbarian attacks from the Picts to the North. The Roman Army Museum at Carvoran fort is run by the Vindolanda Charitable Trust and forms part of the Hadrian's Wall UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Roman cavalryman's leather shoe with lace holes, used to give grip when riding at high speed, in the Roman Army Museum, Hadrian's Wall, Northumberland, England. Hadrian's Wall was built 73 miles across Britannia, now England, 122-128 AD, under the reign of Emperor Hadrian, ruled 117-138, to mark the Northern extent of the Roman Empire and guard against barbarian attacks from the Picts to the North. The Roman Army Museum at Carvoran fort is run by the Vindolanda Charitable Trust and forms part of the Hadrian's Wall UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Model of a Roman auxiliary soldier, a non-citizen from conquered lands recruited and fighting for Rome, in the Roman Army Museum, Hadrian's Wall, Northumberland, England. Auxiliaries were often hired due to specific fighting skills and were employed to fight in countries other than their homeland. Auxiliaries wore a chainmail shirt over a tunic, leather or woollen trousers, a helmet and a large oval shield made from leather or wood. Hadrian's Wall was built 73 miles across Britannia, now England, 122-128 AD, under the reign of Emperor Hadrian, ruled 117-138, to mark the Northern extent of the Roman Empire and guard against barbarian attacks from the Picts to the North. The Roman Army Museum at Carvoran fort is run by the Vindolanda Charitable Trust and forms part of the Hadrian's Wall UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Illustration of a Bath House on Hadrian’s Wall, in the Roman Army Museum, Hadrian's Wall, Northumberland, England. Bath houses were places of leisure and entertainment, where soldiers and their families could bathe, meet, take part in games and sports and purchase food and drink. Above the boiler room, the bathing area consists of a changing room or apodyterium, cold room or frigidarium, warm room or tepidarium, hot dry room or laconicum and hot steam room or caldarium. Hadrian's Wall was built 73 miles across Britannia, now England, 122-128 AD, under the reign of Emperor Hadrian, ruled 117-138, to mark the Northern extent of the Roman Empire and guard against barbarian attacks from the Picts to the North. The Roman Army Museum at Carvoran fort is run by the Vindolanda Charitable Trust and forms part of the Hadrian's Wall UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Congress of the Army Delegates of the Front, in the Duma assembly hall at the Palace of Tauride (seat of the Provisional Government after the February Revolution), in Petrograd, later St Petersburg, Russia, resulting in the passing of resolutions affirming that war must be carried out to the end, for peace without annexations, photograph published in L'Illustration no.3876, 16th June 1917. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Roman army, mural, in the permanent exhibition of the Musee Archeologique de la Bataille de Gergovie, or Archaeological Museum of the Battle of Gergovia, designed by Jean Paul Reuillard, built 2015-19 and opened 19th October 2019, on the Plateau de Gergovie, or Gergovia Plateau, site of the Battle of Gergovia between Vercingetorix, Gaulish Arverni chieftain, and Julius Caesar in 52 BC, which the Gauls won, in the Massif Central, Auvergne, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Les Braves War Memorial, commemorating American soldiers killed on 6th June 1944, 2004, by Anilore Banon, on Omaha Beach, between Port-en-Bessin and the Vire river, Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer, Manche, Normandy, France. The sculpture represents the Wings of Hope, Rise to Freedom, and Wings Of Fraternity. It was commissioned by the French government to commemorate the 60th anniversary of D-Day. Omaha Beach is where on June 6th 1944 the US Army 29th and 1st Infantry Divisions landed as part of the Allied Invasion, or D-Day landings, during the Second World War. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Les Braves War Memorial, commemorating American soldiers killed on 6th June 1944, 2004, by Anilore Banon, on Omaha Beach, between Port-en-Bessin and the Vire river, Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer, Manche, Normandy, France. The sculpture represents the Wings of Hope, Rise to Freedom, and Wings Of Fraternity. It was commissioned by the French government to commemorate the 60th anniversary of D-Day. Omaha Beach is where on June 6th 1944 the US Army 29th and 1st Infantry Divisions landed as part of the Allied Invasion, or D-Day landings, during the Second World War. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Les Braves War Memorial, commemorating American soldiers killed on 6th June 1944, 2004, by Anilore Banon, on Omaha Beach, between Port-en-Bessin and the Vire river, Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer, Manche, Normandy, France. The sculpture represents the Wings of Hope, Rise to Freedom, and Wings Of Fraternity. It was commissioned by the French government to commemorate the 60th anniversary of D-Day. Omaha Beach is where on June 6th 1944 the US Army 29th and 1st Infantry Divisions landed as part of the Allied Invasion, or D-Day landings, during the Second World War. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Omaha Beach, aerial view, between Port-en-Bessin and the Vire river, Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer, Manche, Normandy, France. On the right is the Les Braves War Memorial, commemorating American soldiers killed on 6th June 1944, 2004, by Anilore Banon. The sculpture represents the Wings of Hope, Rise to Freedom, and Wings Of Fraternity. It was commissioned by the French government to commemorate the 60th anniversary of D-Day. Omaha Beach is where on June 6th 1944 the US Army 29th and 1st Infantry Divisions landed as part of the Allied Invasion, or D-Day landings, during the Second World War. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Omaha Beach, between Port-en-Bessin and the Vire river, Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer, Manche, Normandy, France, aerial view of the waves lapping the orange sand. Omaha Beach is where on June 6th 1944 the US Army 29th and 1st Infantry Divisions landed as part of the Allied Invasion, or D-Day landings, during the Second World War. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Omaha Beach, aerial view, between Port-en-Bessin and the Vire river, Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer, Manche, Normandy, France. Omaha Beach is where on June 6th 1944 the US Army 29th and 1st Infantry Divisions landed as part of the Allied Invasion, or D-Day landings, during the Second World War. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Omaha Beach, aerial view, between Port-en-Bessin and the Vire river, Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer, Manche, Normandy, France. In the centre is the Les Braves War Memorial, commemorating American soldiers killed on 6th June 1944, 2004, by Anilore Banon. The sculpture represents the Wings of Hope, Rise to Freedom, and Wings Of Fraternity. It was commissioned by the French government to commemorate the 60th anniversary of D-Day. Omaha Beach is where on June 6th 1944 the US Army 29th and 1st Infantry Divisions landed as part of the Allied Invasion, or D-Day landings, during the Second World War. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Omaha Beach, aerial view, between Port-en-Bessin and the Vire river, Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer, Manche, Normandy, France. At the bottom is the Les Braves War Memorial, commemorating American soldiers killed on 6th June 1944, 2004, by Anilore Banon. The sculpture represents the Wings of Hope, Rise to Freedom, and Wings Of Fraternity. It was commissioned by the French government to commemorate the 60th anniversary of D-Day. Omaha Beach is where on June 6th 1944 the US Army 29th and 1st Infantry Divisions landed as part of the Allied Invasion, or D-Day landings, during the Second World War. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Omaha Beach, aerial view, between Port-en-Bessin and the Vire river, Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer, Manche, Normandy, France. On the right is the Les Braves War Memorial, commemorating American soldiers killed on 6th June 1944, 2004, by Anilore Banon. The sculpture represents the Wings of Hope, Rise to Freedom, and Wings Of Fraternity. It was commissioned by the French government to commemorate the 60th anniversary of D-Day. Omaha Beach is where on June 6th 1944 the US Army 29th and 1st Infantry Divisions landed as part of the Allied Invasion, or D-Day landings, during the Second World War. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Officers' Row, living quarters for the army officers, at Fort Davis National Historic Site, a US army fort established 1854, in a canyon in the Davis Mountains in West Texas, USA. The fort was built to protect emigrants, mail coaches, and freight wagons on the trails through the State from Comanche and Apache Indians. After the Civil War, several African-American regiments were stationed here. By the 1880s, the fort consisted of one 100 buildings, housing over 400 soldiers. It was abandoned in 1891, but many buildings have been restored and the compound now operates as a historical site and museum. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Officers' Row, lodging for the army officers (left), and two-storey Officers' quarters, 4 detached buildings, 1 of which has been restored, at Fort Davis National Historic Site, a US army fort established 1854, in a canyon in the Davis Mountains in West Texas, USA. The fort was built to protect emigrants, mail coaches, and freight wagons on the trails through the State from Comanche and Apache Indians. After the Civil War, several African-American regiments were stationed here. By the 1880s, the fort consisted of one 100 buildings, housing over 400 soldiers. It was abandoned in 1891, but many buildings have been restored and the compound now operates as a historical site and museum. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Officers' Row, living quarters for the army officers, at Fort Davis National Historic Site, a US army fort established 1854, in a canyon in the Davis Mountains in West Texas, USA. The fort was built to protect emigrants, mail coaches, and freight wagons on the trails through the State from Comanche and Apache Indians. After the Civil War, several African-American regiments were stationed here. By the 1880s, the fort consisted of one 100 buildings, housing over 400 soldiers. It was abandoned in 1891, but many buildings have been restored and the compound now operates as a historical site and museum. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cannon on the parade ground and behind, the Officers' Row, living quarters for the army officers, at Fort Davis National Historic Site, a US army fort established 1854, in a canyon in the Davis Mountains in West Texas, USA. The fort was built to protect emigrants, mail coaches, and freight wagons on the trails through the State from Comanche and Apache Indians. After the Civil War, several African-American regiments were stationed here. By the 1880s, the fort consisted of one 100 buildings, housing over 400 soldiers. It was abandoned in 1891, but many buildings have been restored and the compound now operates as a historical site and museum. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Officers' Row, lodging for the army officers, and on the left, the post hospital, restored 1960s - 1990s, at Fort Davis National Historic Site, a US army fort established 1854, in a canyon in the Davis Mountains in West Texas, USA. The fort was built to protect emigrants, mail coaches, and freight wagons on the trails through the State from Comanche and Apache Indians. After the Civil War, several African-American regiments were stationed here. By the 1880s, the fort consisted of one 100 buildings, housing over 400 soldiers. It was abandoned in 1891, but many buildings have been restored and the compound now operates as a historical site and museum. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Officers' Row, living quarters for the army officers, at Fort Davis National Historic Site, a US army fort established 1854, in a canyon in the Davis Mountains in West Texas, USA. The fort was built to protect emigrants, mail coaches, and freight wagons on the trails through the State from Comanche and Apache Indians. After the Civil War, several African-American regiments were stationed here. By the 1880s, the fort consisted of one 100 buildings, housing over 400 soldiers. It was abandoned in 1891, but many buildings have been restored and the compound now operates as a historical site and museum. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Officers' Row, living quarters for the army officers, at Fort Davis National Historic Site, a US army fort established 1854, in a canyon in the Davis Mountains in West Texas, USA. The fort was built to protect emigrants, mail coaches, and freight wagons on the trails through the State from Comanche and Apache Indians. After the Civil War, several African-American regiments were stationed here. By the 1880s, the fort consisted of one 100 buildings, housing over 400 soldiers. It was abandoned in 1891, but many buildings have been restored and the compound now operates as a historical site and museum. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cannon on the parade ground and behind, the Officers' Row, living quarters for the army officers, at Fort Davis National Historic Site, a US army fort established 1854, in a canyon in the Davis Mountains in West Texas, USA. The fort was built to protect emigrants, mail coaches, and freight wagons on the trails through the State from Comanche and Apache Indians. After the Civil War, several African-American regiments were stationed here. By the 1880s, the fort consisted of one 100 buildings, housing over 400 soldiers. It was abandoned in 1891, but many buildings have been restored and the compound now operates as a historical site and museum. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Officers' Row, living quarters for the army officers, at Fort Davis National Historic Site, a US army fort established 1854, in a canyon in the Davis Mountains in West Texas, USA. The fort was built to protect emigrants, mail coaches, and freight wagons on the trails through the State from Comanche and Apache Indians. After the Civil War, several African-American regiments were stationed here. By the 1880s, the fort consisted of one 100 buildings, housing over 400 soldiers. It was abandoned in 1891, but many buildings have been restored and the compound now operates as a historical site and museum. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Officers' Row, living quarters for the army officers, at Fort Davis National Historic Site, a US army fort established 1854, in a canyon in the Davis Mountains in West Texas, USA. The fort was built to protect emigrants, mail coaches, and freight wagons on the trails through the State from Comanche and Apache Indians. After the Civil War, several African-American regiments were stationed here. By the 1880s, the fort consisted of one 100 buildings, housing over 400 soldiers. It was abandoned in 1891, but many buildings have been restored and the compound now operates as a historical site and museum. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Relief scene, 1866 by Moritz Schulz, of the Prussian army in battle during the Austro-Prussian war, from the base of the Siegessaule or Berlin Victory Column, designed by Heinrich Strack and inaugurated 1873 to celebrate the victories of the Prussian army in the Danish-Prussian war, Austro-Prussian war and Franco-Prussian war, at the Grosser Stern, Grosser Tiergarten Park, Berlin, Germany. The monument takes the form of a column topped by a giant gilded bronze statue of Victoria by Friedrich Drake and a hall of red granite pillars below with a glass mosaic designed by Anton von Werner and reliefs around the base. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Foot soldier, in the Enlisted Men's Barracks, at Fort Davis National Historic Site, a US army fort established 1854, in a canyon in the Davis Mountains in West Texas, USA. In 1775, Congress authorised 10 companies of riflemen foot soldiers to form the new continental army and guard the frontier. The fort was built to protect emigrants, mail coaches, and freight wagons on the trails through the State from Comanche and Apache Indians. After the Civil War, several African-American regiments were stationed here. By the 1880s, the fort consisted of one 100 buildings, housing over 400 soldiers. It was abandoned in 1891, but many buildings have been restored and the compound now operates as a historical site and museum. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Relief scene, 1870-71 by Karl Keil, of the Prussian army in battle from the base of the Siegessaule or Berlin Victory Column, designed by Heinrich Strack and inaugurated 1873 to celebrate the victories of the Prussian army in the Danish-Prussian war, Austro-Prussian war and Franco-Prussian war, at the Grosser Stern, Grosser Tiergarten Park, Berlin, Germany. The monument takes the form of a column topped by a giant gilded bronze statue of Victoria by Friedrich Drake and a hall of red granite pillars below with a glass mosaic designed by Anton von Werner and reliefs around the base. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Relief scene, 1866 by Moritz Schulz, of the Prussian army in battle during the Austro-Prussian war, from the base of the Siegessaule or Berlin Victory Column, designed by Heinrich Strack and inaugurated 1873 to celebrate the victories of the Prussian army in the Danish-Prussian war, Austro-Prussian war and Franco-Prussian war, at the Grosser Stern, Grosser Tiergarten Park, Berlin, Germany. The monument takes the form of a column topped by a giant gilded bronze statue of Victoria by Friedrich Drake and a hall of red granite pillars below with a glass mosaic designed by Anton von Werner and reliefs around the base. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bunker at the North end of Utah Beach in the Dunes of Saint Martin de Vareville, where on June 6th 1944 the US Army 4th Infantry Division landed as part of the Allied Invasion, or D-Day landings, during the Second World War, at Saint-Martin-de-Varreville, Cotentin Peninsula, Manche, Normandy, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • 90th Infantry Division Monument, dedicated in 1969 then again in 1987 after its renovation, at Utah Beach, Saint-Martin-de-Varreville, Cotentin Peninsula, Manche, Normandy, France. The monument is made from granite from Flossenburg German concentration camp in Bavaria, liberated by the Division near the end of the war. Utah Beach in the Dunes of Saint Martin de Vareville, is where on June 6th 1944 the US Army 4th Infantry Division landed as part of the Allied Invasion, or D-Day landings, during the Second World War. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Andrew Jackson Higgins, 1886-1952, who designed the Higgins boat, of which 1089 were used in D-Day, part of the Higgins Boat Monument, inaugurated 2015, at Utah Beach, Saint-Martin-de-Varreville, Cotentin Peninsula, Manche, Normandy, France. The monument is next to the Utah Beach Museum. Utah Beach in the Dunes of Saint Martin de Vareville, is where on June 6th 1944 the US Army 4th Infantry Division landed as part of the Allied Invasion, or D-Day landings, during the Second World War. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Higgins Boat Monument, with a life-sized replica of a LCVP or Higgins boat made of steel and set in sand as if beached, and sculptures by Fred Hoppe of soldiers running (1 from each of the 3 wars in which Higgins Boats served, World War II, Korean, and Vietnam Wars), inaugurated 2015, at Utah Beach, Saint-Martin-de-Varreville, Cotentin Peninsula, Manche, Normandy, France. The monument also features a statue of Andrew Jackson Higgins, 1886-1952, who designed the boat, of which 1089 were used in D-Day. The monument is next to the Utah Beach Museum. Utah Beach in the Dunes of Saint Martin de Vareville, is where on June 6th 1944 the US Army 4th Infantry Division landed as part of the Allied Invasion, or D-Day landings, during the Second World War. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bunker used by the US Naval Operational Intelligence Centre after it was taken from the Germans on 6th June, from 8th June until 31st October 1944, at Utah Beach, Saint-Martin-de-Varreville, Cotentin Peninsula, Manche, Normandy, France. The 41 men working here led to the success of the landings of 836 000 men, 220 000 vehicles and 725 000 tons of equipment. Utah Beach in the Dunes of Saint Martin de Vareville, is where on June 6th 1944 the US Army 4th Infantry Division landed as part of the Allied Invasion, or D-Day landings, during the Second World War. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Utah Beach Bunker at the North end of Utah Beach, aerial view, in the Dunes of Saint Martin de Vareville, where on June 6th 1944 the US Army 4th Infantry Division landed as part of the Allied Invasion, or D-Day landings, during the Second World War, at Saint-Martin-de-Varreville, Cotentin Peninsula, Manche, Normandy, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Utah Beach Bunker at the North end of Utah Beach, aerial view, in the Dunes of Saint Martin de Vareville, where on June 6th 1944 the US Army 4th Infantry Division landed as part of the Allied Invasion, or D-Day landings, during the Second World War, at Saint-Martin-de-Varreville, Cotentin Peninsula, Manche, Normandy, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Utah Beach Bunker at the North end of Utah Beach, aerial view, in the Dunes of Saint Martin de Vareville, where on June 6th 1944 the US Army 4th Infantry Division landed as part of the Allied Invasion, or D-Day landings, during the Second World War, at Saint-Martin-de-Varreville, Cotentin Peninsula, Manche, Normandy, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bunk beds inside the military barracks at the Presidio la Bahia, or Presidio Nuestra Senora de Loreto de la Bahia, a fort built 1747-49 by the Spanish army to protect the nearby Spanish missions, near Goliad, Texas, USA. During the Texas Revolution, the Battle of Goliad, October 1835, and the Goliad Massacre, March 1836, took place here. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Red Cavalry, 1928-32, oil on canvas, by Kasimir Malevich, 1878-1935, from the collection of the Russian State Museum, St Petersburg, Russia. The red riders probably represent Russia's Red Army. Malevich was a Russian painter who founded the Suprematist art movement and produced many geometric abstract works. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bunker, with entrance and ladder rungs to roof, at the North end of Utah Beach in the Dunes of Saint Martin de Vareville, where on June 6th 1944 the US Army 4th Infantry Division landed as part of the Allied Invasion, or D-Day landings, during the Second World War, at Saint-Martin-de-Varreville, Cotentin Peninsula, Manche, Normandy, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Barbed wire fence surrounding a bunker at the North end of Utah Beach in the Dunes of Saint Martin de Vareville, where on June 6th 1944 the US Army 4th Infantry Division landed as part of the Allied Invasion, or D-Day landings, during the Second World War, at Saint-Martin-de-Varreville, Cotentin Peninsula, Manche, Normandy, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bunker at the North end of Utah Beach in the Dunes of Saint Martin de Vareville, where on June 6th 1944 the US Army 4th Infantry Division landed as part of the Allied Invasion, or D-Day landings, during the Second World War, at Saint-Martin-de-Varreville, Cotentin Peninsula, Manche, Normandy, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bunker at the North end of Utah Beach in the Dunes of Saint Martin de Vareville, where on June 6th 1944 the US Army 4th Infantry Division landed as part of the Allied Invasion, or D-Day landings, during the Second World War, at Saint-Martin-de-Varreville, Cotentin Peninsula, Manche, Normandy, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bunker at the North end of Utah Beach in the Dunes of Saint Martin de Vareville, where on June 6th 1944 the US Army 4th Infantry Division landed as part of the Allied Invasion, or D-Day landings, during the Second World War, at Saint-Martin-de-Varreville, Cotentin Peninsula, Manche, Normandy, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bunker at the North end of Utah Beach in the Dunes of Saint Martin de Vareville, where on June 6th 1944 the US Army 4th Infantry Division landed as part of the Allied Invasion, or D-Day landings, during the Second World War, at Saint-Martin-de-Varreville, Cotentin Peninsula, Manche, Normandy, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bunker at the North end of Utah Beach in the Dunes of Saint Martin de Vareville, where on June 6th 1944 the US Army 4th Infantry Division landed as part of the Allied Invasion, or D-Day landings, during the Second World War, at Saint-Martin-de-Varreville, Cotentin Peninsula, Manche, Normandy, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • 1st Engineer Special Brigade Monument, inaugurated November 11th 1944 by Colonel Caffey, the brigade’s commanding officer, and again with the French authorities on June 6th 1945, at Utah Beach, Saint-Martin-de-Varreville, Cotentin Peninsula, Manche, Normandy, France. Utah Beach in the Dunes of Saint Martin de Vareville, is where on June 6th 1944 the US Army 4th Infantry Division landed as part of the Allied Invasion, or D-Day landings, during the Second World War. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • US Navy Monument, detail, featuring leadership, combat units and sailors, and the names of the Operation Overlord ships, by Steven Spears, inaugurated 2008, at Utah Beach, Saint-Martin-de-Varreville, Cotentin Peninsula, Manche, Normandy, France. Utah Beach in the Dunes of Saint Martin de Vareville, is where on June 6th 1944 the US Army 4th Infantry Division landed as part of the Allied Invasion, or D-Day landings, during the Second World War. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Higgins Boat Monument, with a life-sized replica of a LCVP or Higgins boat made of steel and set in sand as if beached, and sculptures by Fred Hoppe of soldiers running (1 from each of the 3 wars in which Higgins Boats served, World War II, Korean, and Vietnam Wars), inaugurated 2015, at Utah Beach, Saint-Martin-de-Varreville, Cotentin Peninsula, Manche, Normandy, France. The monument also features a statue of Andrew Jackson Higgins, 1886-1952, who designed the boat, of which 1089 were used in D-Day. The monument is next to the Utah Beach Museum. Utah Beach in the Dunes of Saint Martin de Vareville, is where on June 6th 1944 the US Army 4th Infantry Division landed as part of the Allied Invasion, or D-Day landings, during the Second World War. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Higgins Boat Monument, with a life-sized replica of a LCVP or Higgins boat made of steel and set in sand as if beached, and sculptures by Fred Hoppe of soldiers running (1 from each of the 3 wars in which Higgins Boats served, World War II, Korean, and Vietnam Wars), inaugurated 2015, at Utah Beach, Saint-Martin-de-Varreville, Cotentin Peninsula, Manche, Normandy, France. The monument also features a statue of Andrew Jackson Higgins, 1886-1952, who designed the boat, of which 1089 were used in D-Day. The monument is next to the Utah Beach Museum. Utah Beach in the Dunes of Saint Martin de Vareville, is where on June 6th 1944 the US Army 4th Infantry Division landed as part of the Allied Invasion, or D-Day landings, during the Second World War. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Higgins Boat Monument, with a life-sized replica of a LCVP or Higgins boat made of steel and set in sand as if beached, and sculptures by Fred Hoppe of soldiers running (1 from each of the 3 wars in which Higgins Boats served, World War II, Korean, and Vietnam Wars), inaugurated 2015, at Utah Beach, Saint-Martin-de-Varreville, Cotentin Peninsula, Manche, Normandy, France. The monument also features a statue of Andrew Jackson Higgins, 1886-1952, who designed the boat, of which 1089 were used in D-Day. The monument is next to the Utah Beach Museum. Utah Beach in the Dunes of Saint Martin de Vareville, is where on June 6th 1944 the US Army 4th Infantry Division landed as part of the Allied Invasion, or D-Day landings, during the Second World War. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Submachine gun on a boat used in the landings, at Utah Beach, Saint-Martin-de-Varreville, Cotentin Peninsula, Manche, Normandy, France. Utah Beach in the Dunes of Saint Martin de Vareville, is where on June 6th 1944 the US Army 4th Infantry Division landed as part of the Allied Invasion, or D-Day landings, during the Second World War. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Higgins Boat Monument, with a life-sized replica of a LCVP or Higgins boat made of steel and set in sand as if beached, and sculptures by Fred Hoppe of soldiers running (1 from each of the 3 wars in which Higgins Boats served, World War II, Korean, and Vietnam Wars), inaugurated 2015, at Utah Beach, Saint-Martin-de-Varreville, Cotentin Peninsula, Manche, Normandy, France. The monument also features a statue of Andrew Jackson Higgins, 1886-1952, who designed the boat, of which 1089 were used in D-Day. The monument is next to the Utah Beach Museum. Utah Beach in the Dunes of Saint Martin de Vareville, is where on June 6th 1944 the US Army 4th Infantry Division landed as part of the Allied Invasion, or D-Day landings, during the Second World War. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sign in the bunker used by the US Naval Operational Intelligence Centre after it was taken from the Germans on 6th June, from 8th June until 31st October 1944, at Utah Beach, Saint-Martin-de-Varreville, Cotentin Peninsula, Manche, Normandy, France. The 41 men working here led to the success of the landings of 836 000 men, 220 000 vehicles and 725 000 tons of equipment. Utah Beach in the Dunes of Saint Martin de Vareville, is where on June 6th 1944 the US Army 4th Infantry Division landed as part of the Allied Invasion, or D-Day landings, during the Second World War. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Soldier sculpture from the Higgins Boat Monument, with a life-sized replica of a LCVP or Higgins boat made of steel and set in sand as if beached, and sculptures by Fred Hoppe of soldiers running (1 from each of the 3 wars in which Higgins Boats served, World War II, Korean, and Vietnam Wars), inaugurated 2015, at Utah Beach, Saint-Martin-de-Varreville, Cotentin Peninsula, Manche, Normandy, France. The monument also features a statue of Andrew Jackson Higgins, 1886-1952, who designed the boat, of which 1089 were used in D-Day. The monument is next to the Utah Beach Museum. Utah Beach in the Dunes of Saint Martin de Vareville, is where on June 6th 1944 the US Army 4th Infantry Division landed as part of the Allied Invasion, or D-Day landings, during the Second World War. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Higgins Boat Monument, with a life-sized replica of a LCVP or Higgins boat made of steel and set in sand as if beached, and sculptures by Fred Hoppe of soldiers running (1 from each of the 3 wars in which Higgins Boats served, World War II, Korean, and Vietnam Wars), inaugurated 2015, at Utah Beach, Saint-Martin-de-Varreville, Cotentin Peninsula, Manche, Normandy, France. The monument also features a statue of Andrew Jackson Higgins, 1886-1952, who designed the boat, of which 1089 were used in D-Day. The monument is next to the Utah Beach Museum. Utah Beach in the Dunes of Saint Martin de Vareville, is where on June 6th 1944 the US Army 4th Infantry Division landed as part of the Allied Invasion, or D-Day landings, during the Second World War. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Utah Beach Bunker at the North end of Utah Beach, aerial view, in the Dunes of Saint Martin de Vareville, where on June 6th 1944 the US Army 4th Infantry Division landed as part of the Allied Invasion, or D-Day landings, during the Second World War, at Saint-Martin-de-Varreville, Cotentin Peninsula, Manche, Normandy, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bunker at the North end of Utah Beach, aerial view, in the Dunes of Saint Martin de Vareville, where on June 6th 1944 the US Army 4th Infantry Division landed as part of the Allied Invasion, or D-Day landings, during the Second World War, at Saint-Martin-de-Varreville, Cotentin Peninsula, Manche, Normandy, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Utah Beach Bunker at the North end of Utah Beach, aerial view, in the Dunes of Saint Martin de Vareville, where on June 6th 1944 the US Army 4th Infantry Division landed as part of the Allied Invasion, or D-Day landings, during the Second World War, at Saint-Martin-de-Varreville, Cotentin Peninsula, Manche, Normandy, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Paul Landowski Monument, or Monument a la Gloire des Armees Francaises de 1914-1918, detail, built 1936-56 and inaugurated 1956, by Louis Henri Bouchard, 1875-1960, Paul Landowski, 1875-1961 and Albert Drouet, 1880-1953, on the Place du Trocadero, beside the Passy cemetery in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, Ile-de-France, France. This is a monument to the glory of the French army during the First World War, and the sculptural group depicts an allegorical figure of France with soldiers and other participants in the war, positioned on a 216m long monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Paul Landowski Monument, or Monument a la Gloire des Armees Francaises de 1914-1918, built 1936-56 and inaugurated 1956, by Louis Henri Bouchard, 1875-1960, Paul Landowski, 1875-1961 and Albert Drouet, 1880-1953, on the Place du Trocadero, beside the Passy cemetery in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, Ile-de-France, France. This is a monument to the glory of the French army during the First World War, and the sculptural group depicts an allegorical figure of France with soldiers and other participants in the war, positioned on a 216m long monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Parade ground and Enlisted Men's Barracks, at Fort Davis National Historic Site, a US army fort established 1854, in a canyon in the Davis Mountains in West Texas, USA. The building houses a squad room and an orderly room refurbished as it was in 1884, when it was occupied by Buffalo Soldiers of Troop H, Tenth Cavalry. The fort was built to protect emigrants, mail coaches, and freight wagons on the trails through the State from Comanche and Apache Indians. After the Civil War, several African-American regiments were stationed here. By the 1880s, the fort consisted of one 100 buildings, housing over 400 soldiers. It was abandoned in 1891, but many buildings have been restored and the compound now operates as a historical site and museum. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Photograph of Lieutenant Henry Ossian Flipper, 1856-1940, served and courtmartialed at Fort Davis, born a slave in Georgia in 1856, the first African-American graduate of the US Military Academy at West Point, special assistant in the 1920s to the Secretary of the Interior, exhibited at the Fort Davis National Historic Site, a US army fort established 1854, in a canyon in the Davis Mountains in West Texas, USA. The fort was built to protect emigrants, mail coaches, and freight wagons on the trails through the State from Comanche and Apache Indians. After the Civil War, several African-American regiments were stationed here. By the 1880s, the fort consisted of one 100 buildings, housing over 400 soldiers. It was abandoned in 1891, but many buildings have been restored and the compound now operates as a historical site and museum. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Chapel of Our Lady of Loreto, built 1775-90 (right), and defensive walls with turret and cannon, at the Presidio la Bahia, or Presidio Nuestra Senora de Loreto de la Bahia, a fort built 1747-49 by the Spanish army to protect the nearby Spanish missions, near Goliad, Texas, USA. During the Texas Revolution, the Battle of Goliad, October 1835, and the Goliad Massacre, March 1836, took place here. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mooring dock in the harbour, and sailing boats moored in the bay, on the island of Cabrera, in the Balearic Islands, near Majorca, Spain. Cabrera is a small uninhabited island, part of the Cabrera Archipelago in the Mediterranean Sea. It was used as a military base for the Spanish Army 1973-86 and was designated a National Park in 1991. The island is home to a rich diversity of endemic wildlife, both on land and in the surrounding sea. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Scene from the Russian campaign, detail, oil painting, 1836, by Nicolas Toussaint Charlet, 1792-1845, in the Musee des Beaux-Arts de Lyon, a fine arts museum opened 1801 in a former convent on the Place des Terreaux in Lyon, Rhone, France. The painting depicts the end of Napoleon's Russian campaign in 1812 with the retreat of the French army through a snowy landscape. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Scene from the Russian campaign, detail, oil painting, 1836, by Nicolas Toussaint Charlet, 1792-1845, in the Musee des Beaux-Arts de Lyon, a fine arts museum opened 1801 in a former convent on the Place des Terreaux in Lyon, Rhone, France. The painting depicts the end of Napoleon's Russian campaign in 1812 with the retreat of the French army through a snowy landscape. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Scene from the Russian campaign, oil painting, 1836, by Nicolas Toussaint Charlet, 1792-1845, in the Musee des Beaux-Arts de Lyon, a fine arts museum opened 1801 in a former convent on the Place des Terreaux in Lyon, Rhone, France. The painting depicts the end of Napoleon's Russian campaign in 1812 with the retreat of the French army through a snowy landscape. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Napoleon at Arcis-sur-Aube, learning that the allies are approaching from Troyes, by Georgin, Epinal print by Pellerin, in the Musee Napoleon or Museum of Napoleon I, opened 1969 in the former Ecole Royale Militaire or Royal Military School, where Napoleon trained 1779-84, at Brienne-le-Chateau, Aube, Grand Est, France. The Battle of Arcis-sur-Aube in 1814 during the War of the Sixth Coalition saw major French losses against the Allied army. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Head of Nakhtmin, royal scribe and army general under Tutankhamun and his successors, part of a fragmentary monolithic statue of husband and wife, 1336-27 BC, 18th dynasty, New Kingdom, limestone, in the Luxor Museum, inaugurated 1975, in Luxor, Egypt. There are remains of the ostrich-plume fan on the wig, symbol of his rank. He was supplanted by Horemheb, who may have had this statue destroyed. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Satan besieging the City, with the dragon leaving the Leviathan with his army, people defending the city gates and fire raining down on Satan from heaven, and St John, detail of the sixth piece depicting the New Jerusalem, from the Tenture de l'Apocalypse or Apocalypse Tapestry, made 1373-82 by Nicolas Bataille in the workshop of Robert Poincon after preparatory drawings by Hennequin de Bruges, in the Musee de la Tapisserie de l'Apocalypse, in the Chateau d'Angers, Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France. The tapestry was commissioned by Louis I duc d'Anjou and depicts the Apocalypse of John. It measures 140m and is divided into 6 pieces with 90 scenes. Although bequeathed to Angers Cathedral by King Rene in the 15th century, the tapestry was reconstructed and restored in the 19th century, listed as a historic monument and exhibited in the castle. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Console table of the Duke of Morny, with plaster death mask of Napoleon dating from soon after his death in 1821, and model of the Column of the Great Army or Colonne de la Grande Armee at Wimille near Boulogne sur Mer, inaugurated 1841, in the Antechamber, in the Chateau de Hardelot, originally the site of a 12th century castle, rebuilt over the centuries and finally redeveloped in the 19th century, in Condette, Pas-de-Calais, France. The current building dates from 1865-72, when its owner, Henry Guy, rebuilt the chateau in Neo-Tudor style. Since 2009 the building has housed the Centre Culturel de l'Entente Cordiale, with an arts programme involving France and Britain. It is situated within the Reserve Naturelle Regionale du Marais de Condette, a protected marshland area. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Parade ground and Enlisted Men's Barracks, at Fort Davis National Historic Site, a US army fort established 1854, in a canyon in the Davis Mountains in West Texas, USA. The building houses a squad room and an orderly room refurbished as it was in 1884, when it was occupied by Buffalo Soldiers of Troop H, Tenth Cavalry. The fort was built to protect emigrants, mail coaches, and freight wagons on the trails through the State from Comanche and Apache Indians. After the Civil War, several African-American regiments were stationed here. By the 1880s, the fort consisted of one 100 buildings, housing over 400 soldiers. It was abandoned in 1891, but many buildings have been restored and the compound now operates as a historical site and museum. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Dining room of the Commanding Officer's quarters, on Officers' Row, at Fort Davis National Historic Site, a US army fort established 1854, in a canyon in the Davis Mountains in West Texas, USA. The house was begun in 1867 under Lieutenant Colonel Wesley Meritt, but has been refurbished to the time of Colonel Benjamin Grierson, commander of the black Tenth US Cavalry, and his family, who lived here 1882-85. The fort was built to protect emigrants, mail coaches, and freight wagons on the trails through the State from Comanche and Apache Indians. After the Civil War, several African-American regiments were stationed here. By the 1880s, the fort consisted of one 100 buildings, housing over 400 soldiers. It was abandoned in 1891, but many buildings have been restored and the compound now operates as a historical site and museum. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Our Lady of Loreto statue, detail, late 17th century, brought to Texas by the Franciscans or by Rene Robert Cavelier de la Salle, behind the altar in the Chapel of Our Lady of Loreto, built 1775-90, at the Presidio la Bahia, or Presidio Nuestra Senora de Loreto de la Bahia, a fort built 1747-49 by the Spanish army to protect the nearby Spanish missions, near Goliad, Texas, USA. During the Texas Revolution, the Battle of Goliad, October 1835, and the Goliad Massacre, March 1836, took place here. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cannon on the parade ground and Enlisted Men's Barracks, at Fort Davis National Historic Site, a US army fort established 1854, in a canyon in the Davis Mountains in West Texas, USA. The building houses a squad room and an orderly room refurbished as it was in 1884, when it was occupied by Buffalo Soldiers of Troop H, Tenth Cavalry. The fort was built to protect emigrants, mail coaches, and freight wagons on the trails through the State from Comanche and Apache Indians. After the Civil War, several African-American regiments were stationed here. By the 1880s, the fort consisted of one 100 buildings, housing over 400 soldiers. It was abandoned in 1891, but many buildings have been restored and the compound now operates as a historical site and museum. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • View across the parade ground to the Enlisted Men's barracks, from the Commanding Officer's quarters, on Officers' Row, at Fort Davis National Historic Site, a US army fort established 1854, in a canyon in the Davis Mountains in West Texas, USA. The house was begun in 1867 under Lieutenant Colonel Wesley Meritt, but has been refurbished to the time of Colonel Benjamin Grierson, commander of the black Tenth US Cavalry, and his family, who lived here 1882-85. The fort was built to protect emigrants, mail coaches, and freight wagons on the trails through the State from Comanche and Apache Indians. After the Civil War, several African-American regiments were stationed here. By the 1880s, the fort consisted of one 100 buildings, housing over 400 soldiers. It was abandoned in 1891, but many buildings have been restored and the compound now operates as a historical site and museum. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Parade ground and Enlisted Men's Barracks, at Fort Davis National Historic Site, a US army fort established 1854, in a canyon in the Davis Mountains in West Texas, USA. The building houses a squad room and an orderly room refurbished as it was in 1884, when it was occupied by Buffalo Soldiers of Troop H, Tenth Cavalry. The fort was built to protect emigrants, mail coaches, and freight wagons on the trails through the State from Comanche and Apache Indians. After the Civil War, several African-American regiments were stationed here. By the 1880s, the fort consisted of one 100 buildings, housing over 400 soldiers. It was abandoned in 1891, but many buildings have been restored and the compound now operates as a historical site and museum. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Commissary, built 1883-91, a large building on the San Antonio to El Paso road which held the garrison food sup­plies, at Fort Davis National Historic Site, a US army fort established 1854, in a canyon in the Davis Mountains in West Texas, USA. The fort was built to protect emigrants, mail coaches, and freight wagons on the trails through the State from Comanche and Apache Indians. After the Civil War, several African-American regiments were stationed here. By the 1880s, the fort consisted of one 100 buildings, housing over 400 soldiers. It was abandoned in 1891, but many buildings have been restored and the compound now operates as a historical site and museum. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Enlisted Men's Barracks, at Fort Davis National Historic Site, a US army fort established 1854, in a canyon in the Davis Mountains in West Texas, USA. The building houses a squad room and an orderly room refurbished as it was in 1884, when it was occupied by Buffalo Soldiers of Troop H, Tenth Cavalry. The fort was built to protect emigrants, mail coaches, and freight wagons on the trails through the State from Comanche and Apache Indians. After the Civil War, several African-American regiments were stationed here. By the 1880s, the fort consisted of one 100 buildings, housing over 400 soldiers. It was abandoned in 1891, but many buildings have been restored and the compound now operates as a historical site and museum. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Photograph of Lieutenant Henry Ossian Flipper, 1856-1940, served and courtmartialed at Fort Davis, born a slave in Georgia in 1856, the first African-American graduate of the US Military Academy at West Point, special assistant in the 1920s to the Secretary of the Interior, exhibited at the Fort Davis National Historic Site, a US army fort established 1854, in a canyon in the Davis Mountains in West Texas, USA. The fort was built to protect emigrants, mail coaches, and freight wagons on the trails through the State from Comanche and Apache Indians. After the Civil War, several African-American regiments were stationed here. By the 1880s, the fort consisted of one 100 buildings, housing over 400 soldiers. It was abandoned in 1891, but many buildings have been restored and the compound now operates as a historical site and museum. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Photograph of Washington Seawell, 1802-88, first Commanding Officer of Fort Davis, who established the garrison with 6 companies of the 8th US Infantry, exhibited at the Fort Davis National Historic Site, a US army fort established 1854, in a canyon in the Davis Mountains in West Texas, USA. The fort was built to protect emigrants, mail coaches, and freight wagons on the trails through the State from Comanche and Apache Indians. After the Civil War, several African-American regiments were stationed here. By the 1880s, the fort consisted of one 100 buildings, housing over 400 soldiers. It was abandoned in 1891, but many buildings have been restored and the compound now operates as a historical site and museum. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Photograph of Major General Persifor Frazer Smith, 1798-1858, Commander of the Department of Texas, who selected the site for the fort, ordered its establishment and named it, exhibited at the Fort Davis National Historic Site, a US army fort established 1854, in a canyon in the Davis Mountains in West Texas, USA. The fort was built to protect emigrants, mail coaches, and freight wagons on the trails through the State from Comanche and Apache Indians. After the Civil War, several African-American regiments were stationed here. By the 1880s, the fort consisted of one 100 buildings, housing over 400 soldiers. It was abandoned in 1891, but many buildings have been restored and the compound now operates as a historical site and museum. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Photograph of Jefferson Davis, 1808-89, after whom Fort Davis was named in 1854, Secretary of War under President Franklin Pierce and president of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War, exhibited at the Fort Davis National Historic Site, a US army fort established 1854, in a canyon in the Davis Mountains in West Texas, USA. The fort was built to protect emigrants, mail coaches, and freight wagons on the trails through the State from Comanche and Apache Indians. After the Civil War, several African-American regiments were stationed here. By the 1880s, the fort consisted of one 100 buildings, housing over 400 soldiers. It was abandoned in 1891, but many buildings have been restored and the compound now operates as a historical site and museum. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Dining room of the Commanding Officer's quarters, on Officers' Row, at Fort Davis National Historic Site, a US army fort established 1854, in a canyon in the Davis Mountains in West Texas, USA. The house was begun in 1867 under Lieutenant Colonel Wesley Meritt, but has been refurbished to the time of Colonel Benjamin Grierson, commander of the black Tenth US Cavalry, and his family, who lived here 1882-85. The fort was built to protect emigrants, mail coaches, and freight wagons on the trails through the State from Comanche and Apache Indians. After the Civil War, several African-American regiments were stationed here. By the 1880s, the fort consisted of one 100 buildings, housing over 400 soldiers. It was abandoned in 1891, but many buildings have been restored and the compound now operates as a historical site and museum. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Back parlour of the Commanding Officer's quarters, on Officers' Row, at Fort Davis National Historic Site, a US army fort established 1854, in a canyon in the Davis Mountains in West Texas, USA. The house was begun in 1867 under Lieutenant Colonel Wesley Meritt, but has been refurbished to the time of Colonel Benjamin Grierson, commander of the black Tenth US Cavalry, and his family, who lived here 1882-85. The fort was built to protect emigrants, mail coaches, and freight wagons on the trails through the State from Comanche and Apache Indians. After the Civil War, several African-American regiments were stationed here. By the 1880s, the fort consisted of one 100 buildings, housing over 400 soldiers. It was abandoned in 1891, but many buildings have been restored and the compound now operates as a historical site and museum. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Inside the Enlisted Men's Barracks, at Fort Davis National Historic Site, a US army fort established 1854, in a canyon in the Davis Mountains in West Texas, USA. The fort was built to protect emigrants, mail coaches, and freight wagons on the trails through the State from Comanche and Apache Indians. After the Civil War, several African-American regiments were stationed here. By the 1880s, the fort consisted of one 100 buildings, housing over 400 soldiers. It was abandoned in 1891, but many buildings have been restored and the compound now operates as a historical site and museum. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cavalryman, in the Enlisted Men's Barracks, at Fort Davis National Historic Site, a US army fort established 1854, in a canyon in the Davis Mountains in West Texas, USA. The cavalry, first called the Mounted Dragoons, were used infrequently until the mid-1800s when the frontier had pushed westward into the Great Plains, when the nomadic culture of the Indians and the vastness of the West made the cavalry necessary. The fort was built to protect emigrants, mail coaches, and freight wagons on the trails through the State from Comanche and Apache Indians. After the Civil War, several African-American regiments were stationed here. By the 1880s, the fort consisted of one 100 buildings, housing over 400 soldiers. It was abandoned in 1891, but many buildings have been restored and the compound now operates as a historical site and museum. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Two-storey Officers' quarters, 4 detached buildings, 1 of which has been restored, at Fort Davis National Historic Site, a US army fort established 1854, in a canyon in the Davis Mountains in West Texas, USA. The fort was built to protect emigrants, mail coaches, and freight wagons on the trails through the State from Comanche and Apache Indians. After the Civil War, several African-American regiments were stationed here. By the 1880s, the fort consisted of one 100 buildings, housing over 400 soldiers. It was abandoned in 1891, but many buildings have been restored and the compound now operates as a historical site and museum. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Two-storey Officers' quarters, 4 detached buildings, 1 of which has been restored, at Fort Davis National Historic Site, a US army fort established 1854, in a canyon in the Davis Mountains in West Texas, USA. The fort was built to protect emigrants, mail coaches, and freight wagons on the trails through the State from Comanche and Apache Indians. After the Civil War, several African-American regiments were stationed here. By the 1880s, the fort consisted of one 100 buildings, housing over 400 soldiers. It was abandoned in 1891, but many buildings have been restored and the compound now operates as a historical site and museum. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Two-storey Officers' quarters, 4 detached buildings, 1 of which has been restored, at Fort Davis National Historic Site, a US army fort established 1854, in a canyon in the Davis Mountains in West Texas, USA. The fort was built to protect emigrants, mail coaches, and freight wagons on the trails through the State from Comanche and Apache Indians. After the Civil War, several African-American regiments were stationed here. By the 1880s, the fort consisted of one 100 buildings, housing over 400 soldiers. It was abandoned in 1891, but many buildings have been restored and the compound now operates as a historical site and museum. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Two-storey Officers' quarters, restored, 1 of 4 detached buildings, with Officers' Row behind, at Fort Davis National Historic Site, a US army fort established 1854, in a canyon in the Davis Mountains in West Texas, USA. The fort was built to protect emigrants, mail coaches, and freight wagons on the trails through the State from Comanche and Apache Indians. After the Civil War, several African-American regiments were stationed here. By the 1880s, the fort consisted of one 100 buildings, housing over 400 soldiers. It was abandoned in 1891, but many buildings have been restored and the compound now operates as a historical site and museum. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Two-storey Officers' quarters, 1 of 4 detached buildings, at Fort Davis National Historic Site, a US army fort established 1854, in a canyon in the Davis Mountains in West Texas, USA. The fort was built to protect emigrants, mail coaches, and freight wagons on the trails through the State from Comanche and Apache Indians. After the Civil War, several African-American regiments were stationed here. By the 1880s, the fort consisted of one 100 buildings, housing over 400 soldiers. It was abandoned in 1891, but many buildings have been restored and the compound now operates as a historical site and museum. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Two-storey Officers' quarters, restored, 1 of 4 detached buildings, at Fort Davis National Historic Site, a US army fort established 1854, in a canyon in the Davis Mountains in West Texas, USA. The fort was built to protect emigrants, mail coaches, and freight wagons on the trails through the State from Comanche and Apache Indians. After the Civil War, several African-American regiments were stationed here. By the 1880s, the fort consisted of one 100 buildings, housing over 400 soldiers. It was abandoned in 1891, but many buildings have been restored and the compound now operates as a historical site and museum. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Hospital Steward's quarters, built 1887-91, next to the Post hospital, at Fort Davis National Historic Site, a US army fort established 1854, in a canyon in the Davis Mountains in West Texas, USA. The fort was built to protect emigrants, mail coaches, and freight wagons on the trails through the State from Comanche and Apache Indians. After the Civil War, several African-American regiments were stationed here. By the 1880s, the fort consisted of one 100 buildings, housing over 400 soldiers. It was abandoned in 1891, but many buildings have been restored and the compound now operates as a historical site and museum. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Post hospital, restored 1960s - 1990s, at Fort Davis National Historic Site, a US army fort established 1854, in a canyon in the Davis Mountains in West Texas, USA. The hospital was extended in 1884 with a second ward added, so it could hold up to 24 patients. The fort was built to protect emigrants, mail coaches, and freight wagons on the trails through the State from Comanche and Apache Indians. After the Civil War, several African-American regiments were stationed here. By the 1880s, the fort consisted of one 100 buildings, housing over 400 soldiers. It was abandoned in 1891, but many buildings have been restored and the compound now operates as a historical site and museum. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Shared lieutenants' living quarters, built 1882 in Officers' Row, at Fort Davis National Historic Site, a US army fort established 1854, in a canyon in the Davis Mountains in West Texas, USA. The lodgings were built for a captain but were soon designated a shared quarters. It is refur­bished for a bach­elor lieutenant in the north side and a married lieutenant in the south side. The fort was built to protect emigrants, mail coaches, and freight wagons on the trails through the State from Comanche and Apache Indians. After the Civil War, several African-American regiments were stationed here. By the 1880s, the fort consisted of one 100 buildings, housing over 400 soldiers. It was abandoned in 1891, but many buildings have been restored and the compound now operates as a historical site and museum. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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