Invalids

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  • invalid: (noun) a disabled or injured soldier no longer fit for active service
  • Hôpital des Invalides: a Parisian barracks built in the 17th Century to house 7000 disabled soldiers; now known as Les Invalides, it is the site of Napoleon’s tomb and of the Musée de l'Armée