"There remains," say Nick "a fascination with the impact of American GIs in Britain during the Second World War, especially in the South West. I am therefore very pleased to have been notified by the Heritage Lottery Fund that Braunton Museum has been awarded a Your Heritage grant to research this very subject."
"The grant will fund researching and collecting firsthand accounts about the US Army's presence in North Devon in the run up to D-Day. I am advised this will include learning activities for local students and museum volunteers, recording oral histories, creating a DVD and researching the lives of real soldiers.
"All in all a very worthwhile undertaking and I wish the project every success."
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