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of weather grizzled farmers and there wives. Birds singing. A warmish day. A stretch of roads in the background. The triple volley. The triple tops, dying in the distances. The placing of flowers on the graves (just previous to the volley and taps, and after the addresses) by the nurses and Y.M. & Red Cross women. 
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Major Robert Lonbrian that simple lovable old hero of the Lafayettes - and the foreign legion before that - was decorated with the [[strikethrough]] [[not decipherable]] [[/strikethrough]] Chevalier des Legion d'Honor by a Rank[[?] Major this morning. Major