During the Second World War, the coastal resort of Bangor, Co. Down hosted General Dwight D. Eisenhower in the lead up the Normandy invasion of June 1944.
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Along the seawall at Ballyholme Bay in Bangor, Co. Down, visitors can still see remnants of reused and recycled Second World War-era public air raid shelters.
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The war memorial at Ward Park in the city of Bangor, Co. Down commemorates the fallen from the local area in both The Great War and the Second World War.
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During the Second World War, the United States Army established Depot O-621 at Pinetum Camp on the grounds of the historic Clandeboye Estate in Co. Down.
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In 1944, General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force in Europe visited Bangor, Co. Down addressing military personnel.
A well-preserved air raid shelter dating back to the Second World War stands in Ward Park, Bangor, Co. Down, near the old deck gun from German submarine U-19.
