PART FOUR

Homecoming

For over a thousand years Roman conquerors returning from the wars enjoyed the honor of triumph, a tumultuous parade. In the procession came trumpeteers, musicians and strange animals from conquered territories, together with carts laden with treasure and captured armaments….A slave stood behind the conqueror holding a golden crown and whispering in his ear a warning: that all glory is fleeting.

—FROM THE FILM PATTON

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LIPIZZANER BEING LOADED INTO A CRATE AT BREMERHAVEN DOCKS.