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I would like to say that it was a wonderful
experiance to take part in that great invasion
and I wouldnt of wanted to of missed if even
though I realized we all couldnt of made a
safe landing in France. Two of the boys came
and said I am going to give you my wife
address and if I dont make it you can write
to her about it and Henry you give me your
girl friends address and we will write to her.
I told them I would [crossed out] the [end crossed out] take their address's
but I am going to make it and wouldnt need
do give them her's. I wasnt going to let my
self think I might not make it.
We spent eleven days in a transit camp
near Swinden where were were briefed on every
thing. We had aerial photographs of all the country
we would be in. There was an armed guard
about every hundred feet. While we were in the
camp the boys said I wonder when the envasion
take place I could notice that the moon was
getting full and on the full moon the tides would
be the fullest and that would let the landing
craft up further on the beach so we decided
if would come on the fifth and we were only out
one day.
After supper on the fifth we got ready and
left for the air port and shortly after we arrived
five gliders took off and their mission was
to be released approximately 6,000 ft in the
air and five miles from the French coast