The more immediate US Army sites are linked physically (or permanently) whilst the more distant (and overseas) connections are celebrated through something more temporary. This is where Mail Art can play its part by bringing many of these places back in to contact. The contemporary format, etc. of the work will highlight the passing of time since WW2.
One thing that the 'summary history' underlines is the complexity of the operation. Also its responsive nature to major WW2 events, movements of personnel and the theatre of war triggering its increasing expansion.
The extent of the original site and its pre-existing buildings express, in architectural and operational terms, the scale of the war as originally envisaged. The pre-1942 site maps the perceived scale of WW2 as the US initially saw it. Each additional building is triggered by an historic military operation, the equation being, for example, Normandy = 4 Romney Huts, and so on.
On the idea of enclosures and parcelling. Documents enclosed, land enclosed. Parcels of land for sale, etc.. Want to look at the structure of envelopes too, how they fold and enclose.
By way of clarification, Romney Huts and Quonset Huts refer to the same buildings in another example of two nations divided by a common language, see:
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