00:00I'm at the Heads of the Valleys training centre in Gilwyn, but not because I'm doing my HGV licence.
00:07That is indeed right. This in fact used to be a US military hospital during the Second World War
00:13with local historian Richard Perkis telling us why he and his group have brought it back to life.
00:18It is 80 years, almost to the week that the Americans left the camp.
00:23It's tucked away, so it's rural, it's not too busy, it's got local infrastructure.
00:31The railways came to Abergavenny, it's not too far to Abergavenny.
00:35The hospital was a specialist site for soldiers requiring skin grafts and amputations,
00:40which makes the transfer of them from Normandy on the eve of D-Day to the south coast,
00:45and then via rail to Abergavenny, then by road to Gilwyn, all the more impressive.
00:50And I'd love to thank the Military Vehicle Trust and the local enthusiasts for letting me come along.
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