GI Trail NI - discover the path the GI's took in Northern Ireland.

Follow the GI Trail and learn about the American GIs in Northern Ireland during World War 2. Re-trace their footsteps and relive the exciting past of the American GI's.

Langford Lodge (USA AF)

Postal Section, Headquarters VIII Air Force Composite Command (Army Post Office [APO] 636)

  • Arrived Avonmouth 18 August 1942 (sailed from New York)
  • Arrived Langford Lodge 14 August 1942 [sic]
  • Disbanded at Langford Lodge 18 December 1943 [General Orders 41, VIII Air Force Composite Command, 18 December 1943]