For the past 10 years Mons, Belgium, has hosted "Tanks in Town," to commemorate the city's liberation in early September 1944 by U.S. armor units. We visited the huge military flea market and display of military vehicles this afternoon, along with probably two or three thousand other curious folks. It was by far the biggest military display I've ever seen on this side of the pond. Our son, Robb, came home with a 3-Euro gas mask (what every 19 year-old obviously needs) and his friend found a French newspaper dated August 30, 1939, the day before WWII began. Definitely a non-typical Belgian experience!
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