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Interview:

B. B. Talley
Suite 1308
140 Cedar Street
New York 6, N.Y.

Release - June 6, 1958 (signed)
Persuaded Gadley to set up 4 radio stations to give the Ancon a running commentary of the
battle. Lost 3 stations
Army - 1958
p 8 32 - phantom passes the word"
Wearing 2-piece yellow hooded rainsuit
11th Beachead for Talley
Wife staying at fathers - got radio broadcast - father lives in West Va.- father said "Come
with me we'll go for a walk" They kept him away from radio all that day.
He wrote five letters that day, simple letters: "We've landed in France. It was really as
bad as we thought it would be"
Kept letters in nursette bag. Turned them over to Navy.
The only radio in operation on shore. At midnight he crawled into German tunnel and slept
solidly. Said the Lord's prayer before he went to sleep.

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