Camp Lucky Strike

As we cruised around on the narrow country roads our journey through acres upon acres of rolling farmland was suddenly broken by a monument denoting the location of "Camp Lucky Strike". It meant nothing at the time, but later that night I went on the internet and learned that this was where a huge American marshalling zone was set-up after the Allies had invaded France. Not wanting to give away the location of the camps by using local names, the powers-that be-named these various camps after popular cigarettes of the time - Camps Lucky Strike, Old Gold, Chesterfield, Pall Mall, Phillip Morris, etc. The camps served as staging areas for troops and supplies first arriving in France before heading onward to fight the Hun.