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Description: | Relief panel of star and shield decorated with a sword, stars and leaves, on a low circular dome. Set into a striated flat square base and surrounded by a large paved brick square. Also a set of 16 small inscribed bronze plaques in the shape of open books marking the corners of the 4 camp blocks. The left side of each book is inscribed, the right side is decorated with the american and british flags. Additional Information: Commemorates and marks boundaries of Camp Griffiss, base and command centre of General D. Eisenhower, Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force and D Day Landings in 1944. Main relief marks the site of General Eisenhower's office in C Block. Book plaques mark the corners of AB & D Blocks. | Subjects: | Marker | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Designer: Esher School of Art and Design Other: Carstens, Gillian Anne | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=7139... | Go to resource |
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