18th MP Bde. represents U.S. Army Europe at the Croix Rouge Farm Memorial

Soldiers of the 529th Military Police Company, 95th MP Battalion, 18th MP Brigade, look on with French citizens near Beuvardes, France, Nov. 12 during a special unveiling of the monument dedicated to the Soldiers of the 42nd Infantry division and who gave their lives in France during World War I. The memorial is a ten foot bronze sculpture of a Soldier carrying a fallen comrade. Dowload higest-resolution version(2664 by -1 pixels)

Soldiers of the 529th Military Police Company, 95th MP Battalion, 18th MP Brigade, look on with French citizens near Beuvardes, France, Nov. 12 during a special unveiling of the monument dedicated to the Soldiers of the 42nd Infantry division and who gave their lives in France during World War I. The memorial is a ten foot bronze sculpture of a Soldier carrying a fallen comrade.

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