simmo
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Hello, I spend a bit of time motorbiking and walking around and it’s always a thrill to come across a piece of history. The cream-coloured house on the left had an interesting plaque and I was even more impressed when I happened upon the memorial a short time later.
Hambone Jr. the 47th Infantry Regimental dog.Aside from taking leaves to nearby London and partying in Alresford’s many pubs, the soldiers of the 47th Infantry Regiment had someone special to help keep their minds away from the stresses of combat. A dog named Hambone Jr. scurried alongside the soldiers and kept them company until the troops departed Alresford in May 1944 for disembarkation to Southampton and Portsmouth and eventually to the shores of Utah Beach in Normandy, France.
Hambone Jr. the 47th Infantry Regimental dog.Aside from taking leaves to nearby London and partying in Alresford’s many pubs, the soldiers of the 47th Infantry Regiment had someone special to help keep their minds away from the stresses of combat. A dog named Hambone Jr. scurried alongside the soldiers and kept them company until the troops departed Alresford in May 1944 for disembarkation to Southampton and Portsmouth and eventually to the shores of Utah Beach in Normandy, France.
