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Memorial stones in a wood in Brittany, at the site of the Frederick Project

Five documented sites

The missions.

Every preservation effort starts with a place and the people who stood there. These are five sites in France researched and documented with Three Forks, each tied to the Second World War.

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Stone farm buildings of Marmion Farm in Normandy, near Utah Beach

Normandy, France · June 1944

The Marmion Project

Near Utah Beach, a late-1700s Norman oak farm became a rally point on the night of June 5, 1944, when paratroopers of the 101st and 82nd Airborne landed scattered behind enemy lines. The barn sheltered them and served as a planning room before dawn.

Why it matters
A rare surviving structure tied to the first hours of the D-Day airborne landings.
Materials documented
About 3,240 board feet of hand-hewn and axe-cut Norman oak timbers and planks.
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Weathered stone farmhouse in Normandy that served as the headquarters of OSS Jedburgh Team Giles

Normandy, France · July 1944

The Giles Project

A farmhouse that served as the hidden headquarters of OSS Jedburgh Team Giles and the local French Resistance (Maquis) during the fight to liberate France in the summer of 1944.

Why it matters
The working base of a three-man Allied team and the Resistance fighters it armed and organized.
Materials documented
Two hand-hewn 12 x 12 inch beams, about eight 10 x 10 inch beams, more than 40 planks, and a possible mantel from the headquarters fireplace.
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Overgrown stone farm buildings in Brittany, headquarters of OSS Jedburgh Team George

Brittany, France · June 1944

The George Project

A Breton farm that became the headquarters of OSS Jedburgh Team George and SAS Base Dingson, one of the earliest special operations missions sent into occupied France after D-Day. Families here sheltered fighters, stored weapons and received Allied operatives at the risk of execution.

Why it matters
Where liberation in Brittany began, long before Paris.
Materials documented
Barn timbers tied to documented Jedburgh operations, including 12 x 12 inch beams, original animal pen doors and interior panels.
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Stone farmhouse in a Brittany valley, the supply site of OSS Jedburgh Team Frederick

Brittany, France · June 1944

The Frederick Project

Days after D-Day, the headquarters of OSS Jedburgh Team Frederick was discovered and destroyed. The team rebuilt in a remote valley, and the farm there became an air-drop supply site that helped arm hundreds of Resistance fighters.

Why it matters
The place a mission nearly lost was recovered, and the Resistance it supplied helped liberate France.
Materials documented
Two original doors with period metal clasps, structural stone from the farm, and a hand-carved stone angel facing the old drop zone.
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Long stone barn north of Laon, France, site of the last mission of OSS Jedburgh Team Augustus

North of Laon, France · August 1944

The Augustus Project

The site of the last mission undertaken by an OSS Jedburgh team. Team Augustus never returned: it is the only Jedburgh team lost entirely during the Second World War.

Why it matters
A place of sacrifice that the people of the region still remember more than eighty years later.
Materials documented
42 original beams of about 10 x 12 inches by 27 feet, 21 beams of about 8 x 10 inches by 10 feet, more than 60 planks, and original mortise-and-tenon joinery.
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