John Jones
11-11-2018, 01:35 PM
Took the dog out for a walk yesterday and got slightly lost in some woodland above the site of a World War 2 American camp (Llanmartin in South Wales, UK). However, I did come across some arborglyphs - graffiti carved into trees - which appear to have been made by US soldiers.
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They are not great photos but I did make out the name PFC Orville Burnett. The only major US unit known for the camp was 3rd Battalion 358th Regiment of the 90th Infantry Division so these may have been carved between May and June 1944 which would make them 74 years old. There's probably more there so I will go and have a look on my next foray. No PFC Burnett appears in the Battalion casualty list at the back of the battalion history so he may have survived the war.
However, it did get me thinking about Civil War arborglyphs and I did find an interesting bit about it on the web
//https://npsfrsp.wordpress.com/2014/01/23/if-these-signatures-could-talk-banks-ford-arborglyphs/
I would be interested to now if there are any more recorded out there to do with the civil war.
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They are not great photos but I did make out the name PFC Orville Burnett. The only major US unit known for the camp was 3rd Battalion 358th Regiment of the 90th Infantry Division so these may have been carved between May and June 1944 which would make them 74 years old. There's probably more there so I will go and have a look on my next foray. No PFC Burnett appears in the Battalion casualty list at the back of the battalion history so he may have survived the war.
However, it did get me thinking about Civil War arborglyphs and I did find an interesting bit about it on the web
//https://npsfrsp.wordpress.com/2014/01/23/if-these-signatures-could-talk-banks-ford-arborglyphs/
I would be interested to now if there are any more recorded out there to do with the civil war.