Colonel Gayle pins eagles on Colonel Gehl, Chorley, Lancashire

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Date:1945

Description:Colonel Gayle was the 50 thousandth man to pass through Chorley., Washington Hall in Chorley was occupied by the 127th Replacement Battalion of the United States Air Force between 1942 and 1945.

This image is from the 'Yarnfield Yank', a booklet published in 1945 to commemorate the presence of US Army personnel at transit camps in Yarnfield, near Stone during World War II..