MilColl_WWII_37_Fultz_Charles_F_Papers_B2F9_Corr_July_1945_002

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around noon or maby before we climbed
into a landing craft and started through
the hundreds of ships to shore, then
war ships, all kinds as far as one could
see [crossed out word (in)] up & down the beach & harbor.
Many of them had been sunk and there
[crossed out word (Werl)] were lots driven on the shore
during the storm a few days before. The
beach was strewed with wreckage of
all kind. After our L.C.T. docked at the
pier (we had waited for the tide for a couple
of hours) we waded ashore. It was a
hot day and we were carrying every
thing we owned plus ammo. I've had my rifle
loaded since that day, and only shot
at one measly jerry plane. We had
about five miles to walk & with all
that equiptment it was pretty rough & it
raining too. Passed lots of pill boxes
that had been knocked-out, mine fields