Te hītori o te hanganga o te Torbay Blue Plaque nā te Perehitini o te Torbay Civil Society Association, a Ian Handford – i tēnei wiki, Torquay Vanishing Point:
I te tau 2015, i te mahi tahi a te Torbay Citizens' Association me te Torquay's Normandy Veterans Association, i whakatau ngātahi ki te whakanui i te Rā Taunga o Wīwī 1944 kia rua ngā wā mā te tāuta i tētahi kōhatu karāhe ki te tauranga o te whare rama hei āwhina i te marea ki te mārama ake ki te rama o te kēti, ngā mowhiti hiko, me ngā whakairoiro waehere Morse katoa.
Nā Bob Bard o Exeter i hoahoa, i tāuta hoki te mea e kīia nei he mahi toi tūmatanui, ā, e toru ngā huānga o roto – he ripeka, he mowhiti, me te karere waehere Morse.
Ahakoa e mōhiotia ana ko te Vanishing Point Memorial, he tokoiti noa iho te hunga e mārama ana ki te hiranga o te tūnga o ēnei ripeka ki te taha o tētahi ripeka e mura ana, kia taea ai e tō hinengaro te whakaaro i te ope taua tuawhā o Amerika e haere ana ki te moana ki ngā takutai moana o Normandy i te marama o Hune 1944.
E 21,000 ngā hōia i whakanohoia ki roto me te taha o Devon i mua i tō rātou haerenga ki tētahi misioni ngaro i tau ki Utah Beach hei wāhanga o te whakaekenga a ngā Hoa Kotahi ki Ūropi, tae atu ki Tiamana.
E tautokona ana te ripeka me te mowhiti e tētahi atu huānga tuatoru, arā, ko ngā tohu waehere Morse kei runga i te papa hīkoi.
Ka taea te wetewete i ēnei mā te whakamahi i tā mātou rārangi waehere Morse ā-motu kei te taha o te papa whakamaumaharatanga kowiri tira matua i runga i te kōhatu.
I te whakatau i te hanga i tēnei whakamaharatanga, i whakamahia e mātou tētahi kaimahi kohatu i mahi tahi me te Kāpene o te Whanga o Torbay, a Kevin Mowat, me ngā hōia tawhito o Normandy, ki te whakairo i te kōhatu hei whakakapi i te papa whakairo kikorangi.
I hangaia te whakamaharatanga kia māmā ake ai te mārama o te hunga hīkoi ki te ariā kei muri i tēnei mahi toi tūmatanui.
I a mātou e whakatū ana i tētahi tohu whakamaharatanga tuturu ki te pareparenga, ka kite mātou i te hiahia ki te whakatakoto kōhatu ki runga i te tauranga kōhatu.
Nō reira, me hanga e te kaimahi kirimana a te komihana he awaawa e tika ana i roto i te papa kia taea ai te whakau pūmau i ngā kongakonga nui o te karāhe ki roto i te raima i runga i te mata o te tauranga.
I roto i tēnei he maha ngā haerenga/kōrero ki a JC Stonemasons o Decoy Quarry, arā, a Newton Abbot i mua i te whakaae a ngā hoa mahi katoa kia haere tonu te whakatūnga o DJC Ltd.
E rua ngā tapawhā kua whakairohia e te kamupene ki te kōhatu hei tango i ngā papa e rua – he rārangi karere me te waehere Morse.
Kua whakaritea te whakatuwheratanga mō te 6 o Hune, te 71 tau o te Rā-D i Normandy, te wāhi e tū ai ngā parade a ngā hōia tawhito i ia tau.
I te 9:30 i te ata, i tae mai ngā mema o te hapori me ētahi atu ki te Royal Yacht Club i Beacon Terrace, ā, i inu mātou i te kawhe/tī kore utu hei mihi ki ngā hōia tawhito o Normandy i mua i te hekenga atu i te Terrace ki te whakauru atu ki te mano nui. He whakamaharatanga tēnei i te pareparenga o te whare rama.
Whai muri i tētahi karakia poto, i kite mātou i te huraina mana e te Koromatua o te Kaunihera o Torbay, a Gordon Oliver, me te Kāwana o Amerika, tā mātou papa whakamaumahara me te rārangi waehere Morse.
E whā tau i muri mai, i te tau 2021, ka ī-mēra mai tētahi mema o te marea kua ngaro te papa kōhatu nui rawa atu i runga i tōna turanga kōhatu, e kiia ana i tahaetia.
I raro iho i te haora i muri mai ka haere ahau ki te rapu i te tauranga, ā, kāore i kitea he mea. Nā ngā tono mōhiohio i ārahi mātou ki te whakatau kua kitea tā mātou pereti e tētahi kaitiaki i a mātou e tirotiro ana i te tauranga i te pō, ā, kei te puritia e ia, me te whakaaro nō te Mana Whakahaere Tauranga.
I te mutunga ka mōhio mātou ka whakangaromia e te wai moana te nuinga o ngā piripiri ina honoa te maitai ki te kōhatu. Kua mutu te moemoeā kino, e ai ki te kōrero, i taea pea te nui ake, engari he nui ngā kōrero i konei, ā, kua hoki haumaru te rekoata ki tōna wāhi hei arotake māu.
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