By the start of 1944 some 2 million American service men and women were in Britain, held in readiness for the invasion that would liberate Europe from Nazi occupation. Army units were usually stationed in the vicinity to those areas allocated as training grounds around the country, including Northern Ireland. Sometimes, these were in the grounds of large estates, such as Margam Park in Wales, where elements of the 28th US Infantry Division were based and trained. Elsewhere, in counties like Devon and Dorset camps, special facilities were established.
One of these training grounds
