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steering There was a stripped
Lewis gun propped up against
the side the front of the assault craft
and Hollis wondered why it
wasn't being used as they were
getting heavy machine gun
fire from a bathing chalet
which had been turned into a
strongpoint near the high
water mark He grabbed the
Lewis gun climbed up on the
top of the ramp + began firing
It was loaded with tracers
and he happily -- watched the
stream of red traces spatter
about the chalet He fired the whole
pan in one burst Forgetting the
red hot barrel he grabbed with
his hand when he'd expended
all the ammo and in that
moment got --- his " most painful
wound" of the war- a badly
palm He dropped the Lewis
gun with a yell Just
then the LCA ground to a halt
The ramp went down and
Hollis leading the way with
a sten gun in his hand yelled
"Forward the Yanks and for
Christ sake get of the beach"
As he raced up the 200 yards
of beach with Mullally on one
side ---- machine gun
bullets flickeing the sand