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The War Starts Here for Us Just prior to D-Day, the 30th Infantry Division was located in various towns scattered along the south coast of England, with the Division Hq. being at Chesham, northwest of London, the 117th Regiment at Hemel Hempstead, the 119th Regiment in the area of Buckinghamshire, and the 120th Regiment was headquartered in the Royal Hotel in Bognor Regis, about 25 miles east of Southampton. For those not aware of the Army’s organization, a Regiment is basically composed of about 3,000 men – too many for I hotel to hold them all, so the Companies of the Regiment were scatt