DEVON EVACUEES
LSELF-SACRIFICE RECOGNISED ; RUGBY, July 7. XA block of Devon granite, 18ft high, standing on the beach, between Slapton pttid Torcross, "was formally dedicated ph Saturday in recognition of the unsfeen army of thousands .of people of south Devon who evacuated their ftomes to provide an amphibious assault training ground for pre-invasion .exercises. . j 1* Lieut.-General John G. Lee, Commanding General of the United States Communications Zone, in presenting the monument, said the self-sacrifice of the people of that part of Devon had made the task of the assault forces relatively easier. The coastline terrain there, he said, was almost an exact replica of the Normandy beaches. SChe thanks of the United States navy vyas expressed by Captain Hunt, ComRianding Amphibious Bases in the §nfted Kingdom.—B.O.W.
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Evening Post, Volume CXL, Issue 7, 9 July 1945, Page 6
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