NEW THIS WEEK – MONDAY 12 JULY 2010

Hi and welcome to what’s new this week. Well Miliblog have been on holiday this week down to South Devon in England, to the beautiful town of Dartmouth. Located on the river Dart and only a few hundred meters from the open sea, during WW2 it had a large repair yard set up by the US Navy to get loads of landing craft ready for the D-Day landings. East of Dartmouth are the seaside towns of Torquay, Paignton and Brixham, all famous in D-Day history as embarkation ports for US troops heading off to Normandy. There’s one famous photo featured in most books of the D-Day landings of some US Army vehicles driving down to the hards to embark onto the landing craft. We wanted to find this location and see if anything is still left. Success ! Below are comparable photos along with a few additional photos of the road down and the hard itself. Doesn’t seem to have changed much, does it ? Just imagine how these GI’s were feeling as they drove down this road. Oh, I forgot to mention where it was… Brixham !

Brixham Hard June 1944

Brixham Yard July 2010

Brixham Hard, the road down, July 2010

Brixham Hard, close up, July 2010

Next week we’ll feature Slapton Sands and some photos of a nice peaceful beach which was a lot different over 60 years ago ! Until then have a great week ahead !

Cheerio !

Simon