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must get them off. I must save that
petrol.". The LCT was blazing. He [crossed out] got [end crossed out]
[crossed out] his [end crossed out] drove them off one at a time.
But as he climbed into the 4th truck
up it went.

[insert] 11AM [end insert]
[illegible] incident: one of his section
reported finding [illegible]. Paddy picked
up bren gun & took a couple of
men. "Alright stand back" - "now
pick up the lid". If there's anybody
in there he is dead now." [illegible] the
poor fella - well alls fair in
love & war.

Had been led to believe there would
be 75% casualties. That night
Paddy checked up & found that
although several of his section
had been wounded nobody
was killed.

Paddy always carried a rosary

how Dispatch clerk at Cook's