American WWII artifacts sound on Salisbury Plain

Items left behind my American troops who were training for the invasion into Nazi-occupied Europe have been found on Salisbury Plain.

Among the finds were tins of cooking oil, bottles of sauce and “even what appeared to be a block of lard”.

A group spokeswoman said: “The state of preservation of the provisions shows how well made they were.”

The Wiltshire plain has been used as a training ground by the British military since the early 20th Century.

It also provided a training area for US troops preparing for the invasion of Nazi-occupied Europe during World War Two.

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Story: BBC News | Photo: Wessex Archaeology