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all around he said to Mullaly
"I've been in better places Paddy
So have I Sarge" sd Mullally
A DD tank- Hollis thinks-
to their right suddenly blew up
and the hatch bowled across the
beach at incredible speed A;;
he remembers of that moment was
"oh if that gets among the
company it will do more damage
than the Germans" but he couldn't
take time to find out He raced
on up to the high water marker
he + Mullally flopped down on
their bellies Ahead of them was
the mine field surrounded by
concertina barbed wire As
they waited for the remainder of
the company to come up - and
many never would because
many were lying wounded or
dead behind- Mullally
pointed to two birds sitting
calmly on the wire "no wonder
they're not flying sarge" he said
"there's no room in the air for
them"
when the company came up +
assembled their two engineers
set out through the marshy minefield
with mine detectors Quickly
the got through with the company
in single files following the
tape which the engineers had laid