As this week is the 70th anniversary, a timely reminder of the sacrifices made
Posts from ethanedwards in thread „Torquay, the US 4th Light Infantry and D-Day Landings“
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Today, my family and I visted our local harbour,
to the spot, of embarkation of thousands
of American troops, for the D-Day landings on Utah beach.
It immediately made me think of my friends on the JWMB,
who are interested in US military history.
There is a memorial depicting this historic event,
and the fight by the locals, to retain the two listed slipways,
that the US Army built .QuoteDuring World War II Torquay was regarded as safer than the towns of South East England, and played host to evacuees from the London area, the town did however suffer minor bomb damage during the war, mainly from planes dumping excess loads after participating in the Plymouth Blitz. The last air raid on Torquay took place on 29 May 1944 shortly before the D-Day landings in June and in the months leading up to D-Day thousands of US Army personnel arrived in Torquay with the 3204th Quartermaster Service Company being billeted in Chelston and Cockington. During Operation Overlord more than 23,000 men of the American 4th Infantry Division would depart Torquay for Utah Beach.
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[/extendedmedia]Here is a link to Slapton Sands,
where 'Exercise Tiger' and the role of the Sherman Tank.
This is the practice beach for the Normandy landings,
and many American Troops, lost their lives in this tragic event.Click on this link
