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Barricade at Porte Maillot, Paris (LOC)

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  • Art Siegel said:
    See also Digging trench at Porte Maillot, Paris (LOC)
    Probably taken during the German advance through Belgium and France in the Summer of 1914.
  • Art Siegel said:
    Cropped from original Agence Meurisse photo shown at Bibliotheque Nationale de France's Gallica site, with following caption:
    "Les barricades de la Porte Maillot "
    [The barricades of Port Maillot"]

    Les barricades de la Porte Maillot

Infantryman with halftrack, a young soldier of the armed forces, holds and sights his Garand rifle like an old timer, Fort Knox, Ky. He likes the piece for its fine firing qualities and its rugged, dependable mechanism. (LOC)

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  • Debbie said:
    Brilliant

U.S. Marine Corps, bedding down a big barrage balloon, Parris Island, S.C. (LOC)

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  • roderickbodine said:
    wtf? There is no visible engines on this "aircraft" . Looks like a "Make work" project for Marine recruits. The life expectancy for this "aircraft in combat would be seven seconds. (give or take a second)
  • rrsafety said:
    It wasn't meant to fly independently. The balloon was attached to cables, floated high aloft above a battlefield, and the attached cables stretching across the sky made it impossible for enemy aircraft to provide close air support to troops on the ground. If they tried, the cables would rip the planes to pieces. Wiki en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barrage_balloon
  • roderickbodine said:
    Thanks rrsafety ....That makes sense. I'm glad they didn't put troops in that contraption
  • `` Gryana said:
    coooooool