The Musee D’Invalides (war injured) began under Louie 15 to house wounded and crippled soldiers. It still houses some, but has become France’s Military Museum. It is a short walk to the astonishing Tomb of Napoleon Bonaparte.
To get to the museum, walk through the huge park by the Louvre.
Goddess of War.
Goddess of Peace
Edge of D’Anvalides
Musee D’Orsay
Chapel inside. Napoleon’s tomb is through that glass.
American shipbuilding of Liberty Ships.
Carbine—My dad’s weapon during the war.
French Resistance fighters in WWII.
Rubber tank. Part of the Ghost Army that made the German’s think we were going to invade at Calais.
D Day, June 6, 1944