I do like a nice piece of graffiti, and have a particular fondness for war period graffiti, especially American, so far from home, and all that. I came a cross two examples today whilst walking one side of the Beech avenue which runs past Badbury Rings, one merely said 'USA' and then this one USA ''44''. If there's a date ascribed to American wartime graffiti I've come across it'll always be ''44''. The American army first arrived in 1942, though it was late 1943 into early 1944 that huge numbers massed in preparation for DDay. Dorset having two embarkation harbours, one being Weymouth, where the Americans embarked for Omaha Beach saw huge numbers pass through in early 1944. Was the scribe in this case one of those who crashed on to 'Bloody Omaha', and did he survive the war? Did he return home with fond memories of the England he visited?
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