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Cpl. Sam Appleby, Jr., 22 , of the 82nd Airborne Div. says:

I was surprised when we went into St. Mere Eglise that
morning to see girls in silk stockings, handing out coffee (of a
sort) from the doors to us. The flowers in this little beautiful
town were wonderful. I still have pictures of them, the Mayor's
garden was a picture place.

Beside me Pfc. Herbert Gaither, E. Company, jumped into
a hole when a Me109 came at us and a cow got excited and fell in
the hole on top of him. He received several write ups as the first
Normandy Cow-usaldy.