What 25 historic battlefields look like today
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What 25 historic battlefields look like today
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Then: Trenton, New Jersey (1776)
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Now: Trenton, New Jersey
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Then: Saratoga, New York (1777)
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Now: Saratoga, New York
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Then: Tripoli (1805)
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Now: Tripoli
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Then: Fort McHenry, Baltimore (1814)
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Today: Fort McHenry, Baltimore
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Then: Palo Alto, Texas (1846)
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Now: Palo Alto, Texas
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Then: Sharpsburg, Maryland (1862)
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Now: Sharpsburg, Maryland
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Then: Pittsburg Landing, Tennessee (1862)
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Now: Pittsburg Landing, Tennessee
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Then: Gettysburg, Pennsylvania (1863)
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Now: Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
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Then: Spotsylvania, Virginia (1864)
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Now: Spotsylvania, Virginia
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Then: Manila Bay, Philippines (1898)
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Now: Manila Bay, Philippines
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Then: Saint-Mihiel, France (1918)
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Now: Saint-Mihiel, France
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Then: Belleau Wood, France (1918)
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Now: Belleau Wood, France
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Then: Normandy, France (1944)
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Now: Normandy, France
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Then: Ardennes, Belgium (1944-45)
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Now: Ardennes, Belgium
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Then: Iwo Jima, Japan (1945)
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Now: Iwo Jima, Japan
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Then: Okinawa, Japan (1945)
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Now: Okinawa, Japan
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Then: Chosin Reservoir, North Korea (1950)
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Now: Changjin, North Korea
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Then: Khe Sanh, Vietnam (1968)
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Now: Khe Sanh, Vietnam
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Then: Hue, Vietnam (1968)
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Now: Hue, Vietnam
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Then: A Shau Valley, Vietnam (1969)
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Now: A Shau Valley, Vietnam
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Then: Basra, Iraq (1991)
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Now: Basra, Iraq
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Then: Takur Ghar, Afghanistan (2002)
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Now: Takur Ghar, Afghanistan
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Then: Sadr City, Iraq (2004)
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Now: Sadr City, Iraq
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Then: Fallujah, Iraq (2004)
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Now: Fallujah, Iraq
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Then: Sangin, Afghanistan (2010)
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