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Combined Ops Memorial
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Information about the memorial
including its location in the grounds of the
National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire.
It will embrace all from the many Allied
nations who served in Combined Operations or
were trained by them in the art of amphibious
warfare. |
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North
Africa (Torch) |
Operation Torch - the invasion of North
Africa. Churchill and his military advisers where concerned to remove the Vichy
French authorities from the territories they controlled on the North African
coast before they fell into German hands. Torch was an American led
operation under Eisenhower with substantial UK support. |
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USS
LST 28 |
The story of a United States Landing Ship Tank and a crew
member. |
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USS LCT (R) |
A first hand account of the use and deployment of United
States Landing Craft Tank (Rocket) vessels in WW2 as told by a Group
Commander. These craft were most effective in launching hundreds of
explosive projectiles onto enemy held beaches just minutes ahead of
Allied troops landing. Timing and accuracy were of the essence. |
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USS LCI(L)
502 |
USS LCI(L) 502 carried 196 Officers an men of the Durham Light Infantry to
Gold Beach on the wild and windy morning of June 6th 1944. This account is based
on the writings and recollections of John P Cummer and information from the
craft's Deck Log. |
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US Ranger to British
Commando |
How the war of 20 year old USA citizen G W McCurdy was changed by a late night
in a Belfast city pub! |
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Operation Tiger |
The
Disaster in Lyme Bay
on the south coast of England.
A pre D-Day landing craft training exercise
which was to culminate in the loss of 749 American lives. |
