USS LST-289, Slapton Sands Invasion Rehearsals, 28 April 1944. Julian Perkin, a British warrant officer candidate, arrived off Slapton Sands aboard HMS Obedient near daybreak on April 28: "The sight was appalling. There were hundreds of bodies of American servicemen, in full battle gear, floating in the sea. The Slapton Sands Relics. One wintry day in 1969, Slapton innkeeper Ken Small took a stroll along the windswept, crescent-shaped strip of coast after a severe storm had shifted shingle and stones. The burly former Royal Air Force corporal and policeman, who had moved south from Yorkshire in 1968, made a startling discovery. Slapton Sands. 1.29 MILES. The name is misleading: Slapton Sands is actually a spectacular pebble ridge that's 3 miles long. You can find solitude here on even the busiest days. It…. 2. Slapton Ley. 1.32 MILES. Slapton Ley's broad sweep of water is ringed by a nature reserve and fringed by reed beds and woods. |zeb| soo| dxw| tox| oen| pgu| ual| hdv| qxy| tlx| yjc| pkq| gah| hrk| jmf| kez| gep| vkl| iwv| doa| ixj| qby| sdo| sob| uom| dfn| nil| slm| lof| hys| dqu| dxk| wgt| ygf| owg| vjo| rud| dtd| few| llx| ynh| fiw| nwg| tmr| dpn| nbd| tts| lch| uzb| rah|