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Sgt Cox
Pse complete
& return to OR as soon as
possible [?JBN?]
OUT
THOUSANDS OF MEN, ON LAND AND SEA AND IN THE AIR,
PARTICIPATED IN THE INVASION OF NORMANDY BETWEEN MIDNIGHT
JUNE 5, 1944 AND MIDNIGHT JUNE 6, 1944. IF YOU WERE
ONE OF THEM, PLEASE ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS.
What is your full name? Kenneth Willian COX
What was your squadron, station, unit? (Army) RCASC At'd to 14th Cdn
Field Ambulance, 7th Brigade, 3rd Division.
Where did you arrive in Normandy, and at what time?
Ship stood to off landing beach evening of 6 Jun - disembarked approx 1000 hrs [inserted] not in on D-day [end inserted]
7 Jun 44.
What was your rank on June 6, 1944? Private (Driver)
What was your age on June 6, 1944? 26
Were you married at that time? yes
What is your wife's name? Dorothy Kathleen COX (nee Dunlop)
Did you have any children at that time? no
What do you do now? RCAF - Sgt ClkAdmSupr
When did you know that you were going to be part of the invasion?
Yes
What was the trip like during the crossing of the Channel?
Do you remember, for example, any conversations you had
or how you passed the time?
Nothing spectacular is remembered - except ship following ours
in convoy was destroyed by enemy shell fire from near Calais.
Passed time on trip playing cards, etc.
What were the rumors on board the boat, ship or plane in which
you made the crossing? (Some people remember scuttlebut to the
effect that the Germans had poured gasoline on the water and
planned to set it afire when the troops came in).
I cannot recall any outstanding rumor.