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1st Belgian Infantry Brigade (Piron) leaving Arras

1944-09-03 · Arras · France

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On September 3 at 08.30 a.m., the squadron leaves Arras for Tournai. It opens the walking to the column of ghosts which go into their country after four years of exile. In the row of vehicles, are people for whom one did not wait any more, whom the family considered dead for a long time.

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