Summary: | "After 25 months' service in Iceland," Goldbeck writes, "came to the U.K. There for several weeks and then got in on the 'Big Game' being played on this side of the channel." His arrival in England was probably part of Operation Bolero, the massing of United States troops in England in preparation for the invasion of Normandy. The "Big Game" would be that invasion, continuing as troops move through France. Lauren C. Post Box 6, Folder 4; http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/cabinetpapers/help/glossary-o.htm#Operation_Bolero seen 8/13/2015; location and geolocation from APO number
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