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Hi chaps,
Thought I would post this as there's some relativeness to the topic.
Just come back from what you would call a vacation, had a week with some of the family at Woolacombe Bay in North Devon UK.
Now this was the place where the U.S. Army Assault Training Centre was based, they had taken over the Woolacombe Bay hotel which sits right on the beach and were using that beach and the two adjourning beaches of either side for training for the Normandy landings!!
Here is a link of an interesting site I found dealing with the topic:
http://www.assaulttrainingcenter.com/index.html
Strangely there was British troops down there training at the time, I am unsure why the article said they weren't.
Anyway had a great holiday and now off to Europe so will be back online soon if the broadband is up to it.
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Thought I would post this as there's some relativeness to the topic.
Just come back from what you would call a vacation, had a week with some of the family at Woolacombe Bay in North Devon UK.
Now this was the place where the U.S. Army Assault Training Centre was based, they had taken over the Woolacombe Bay hotel which sits right on the beach and were using that beach and the two adjourning beaches of either side for training for the Normandy landings!!
Here is a link of an interesting site I found dealing with the topic:
http://www.assaulttrainingcenter.com/index.html
Strangely there was British troops down there training at the time, I am unsure why the article said they weren't.
Anyway had a great holiday and now off to Europe so will be back online soon if the broadband is up to it.
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If the photo breaks the page.................sorry
