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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? Stanley Albert Edwin Smith.
202040 cpl. R.CA.F.
What was your squadron, station, unit?
126 Airfield - 2nd T.A.F.
Where did you arrive in Normandy, and at what time?
Coursuelles - St. Croix. 11:45
What was your rank on June 6, 1944?
L.A.C.
What was your age on June 6, 1944?
25
Were you married at that time?
No
What is your wife's name?

Did you have any children at that time?
No
What do you do now?
CPL. - MEDICAL BRANCH, RC.A.F.
When did you know that you were going to be part of the
invasion?
Evening before when invasion currency
was issued.
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?
Trip was a little rough. Most complas ation [inserted]CONVERSATION[end inserted] was
centred upon the [crossed out]amount[end crossed out] [inserted]number[end inserted] of aircraft visible at one
time. and what Lord Haw Haw would have to say
in that evenings broadcast.

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).
Rumors were many & varied so much that
one could only speculate as to how the battle was
actually progressing.