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De Valera joke: "I can offer you
anything Mr Churchill except a
little port"

21 years in army at D-Day

Had been at Dunkirk

"You're going to here a lot of noise
but the sounds will be worse
than the actually thing - don't
be timid if your name is on
it you'll get it"

McQuaid: "Some of them are a little timid"

On 2nd wave went in Landing
Craft Assault

McQuaid: "Come out ye bastards & fight us now"

There perimeter was only about 600
yards from beach - his job
(and his 10 men) was to work
with the beach control group
checking in troops and supplies

About 9 he decided to make tea
- officer - look sgt this is no
time to make tea - sir why
don't you [?text ?gave?] away &
come back in 5 mins - [crossed out ] this [end crossed out]
[crossed out] not [end crossed out] as we're not playing soldiers
now this is the real thing