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Holy fortune here we go"
there was smoke + fog
covering beach They knew there
was a marsh that was mined
back of the beach beyond the high
water mark and beyond that
a coastal road running parallel
with the beach They could see
their objective as they made their
run in It lay at the top of a road
running from the coastal road
There was a house to the left the
battery was on the right "It was
the biggest damn thing I've ever
seen" sd Hollis later Each emplacement had
walls 6 feet thick and each
separate gun emplacement
was 30 or 40 yards square
with four pillboxes in front of
the 3 guns and communications
trenches linking them all The
guns were heavy naval 11 inchers
The whole lot was camouflaged
with black and green netting with
sacking in a variety of colors"
Several landing craft hit
mines on the way in There
were shouts from A Co men in
the water only about 40 yards
for help But couldn't stop the
guns didn't hit the boats of
D Company There was two marines
on each landing craft one
-- looking after engine the other