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  • Chartres Cathedral Saved by One Man*

    I was recently reading about the Chartres Cathedral, located in Chartres, France, and found a notation stating that the cathedral was slated for destruction by American forces during World War II, as they thought it was being used by German forces as a post for snipers; but this grand 12th century Catholic cathedral was saved by one American Army officer…