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Ack 24/5/58
{underline] THE ASSAULT LANDINGS IN NORMANDY [end underline]

D DAY: MIDNIGHT JUNE 5 -- MIDNIGHT JUNE 6

What is your full name? J.A. FARRELL

What is your present address?
7 Swan Studio
69 Deodar Road
London, S.W.15.

Telephone number:
VANDYKE 6253

What was your unit, division, corps?
Storemont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders
9th Brig. 3rd Div. (Canadian)

Where did you land and at what time?
Berniers-sur-Mer (10 a.m.)

What was your rank and age on June 6, 1944?
PTE. 34.

Were you married at that time? Yes

What is your wife's name?

Did you nave any children at that time? No.

When did you know that you were going to be part of the invasion?
May 1944

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?
Congested and uncomfortable
Yes

Were there any rumours aboard ship? (Some people remember hearing that
the Germans had poured gasoline on the water and planned to set it afire
when the troops came in.)
There are [underline] always [end underline] rumors at such
times.

Did you by any chance keep a diary of what happened to you that day?
Yes