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which was being used as First Aid
post.

Took time to get off beach. The gap
through obstacles, at top of beach
leading to road was very small.
Had trouble with steering. As they
were going through they saw two dead
German. The Bren gunner hoped off
and took German's ring off.
Baxter thought this was horrible
"If anybody deserves to get the
same you do." "Even if it
had been you I'd had done
the same." Beel! Of all the bloody
fools" Lot of sniping while
this was going on plus mortars.

150 yards off beach, Baxter
saw his his friend Pvt Jimmy
Mills drive his carrier up
on the beach in another column
"Its your turn next Jimmy". The
pair had been together 3 1/2 years
[crossed out] He liked girls but Jimmy "didn't
want to get involved" because
he had been married. [end crossed out] Could never
comb his hair because it was "
like barbed wire" was a good
[?rugger?] player.

Suddenly Baxter saw Jimmy's
carrier get a direct hit [insert] & go in flames. [end insert] Killed
everybody in section & severly
burned & wounded his pal. He was