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Were any of your friends killed or wounded either during the landing or
during the day? One of our Battery, not in my LCT, was wounded by a splinter
just before the LCT beached, and he remained on board and returned
to England. No other casualties on D-day.

Do you remember any conversations you had with them before they became
casualties?

Were you wounded ? No

How were you wounded?

Do you remember what it was like — that is, do you remember whether you
felt any pain or were you so surprised that you felt nothing?

Do you remember seeing or hearing anything that seems funny now, even though
it may not have seemed amusing at the time? Or anything unexpected or out-
of-place?
1. As mentioned in my diary extract, I remember seeing a German POW
pull a wounded Tommy out of the way of our vehicles on the beach.
2. Being filmed by the Army Film Unit (?) as we drove away from the
beach. Sitting in the turret of my Sherman tank I was a sitting target
for snipers if there had been any around. I soon learnt to keep inside
my turret on the move.

Do you recall any incident, sad or heroic, or simply memorable, that struck
you more than anything else?
The first sight of a dead German soldier in the cornfields not far from the
beaches
The guns of the Cruiser Ajax firing from the Channel behind our L.C.T.
The skill of the Navy is getting us to the right beach and the skill
of our Captain in landing us so expertly.
The sight of a small assault craft immediately ahead of our L.C.T.
suddenly disappearing under a huge fountain of water as it either
hit a mine or was struck by a shell. We saw nothing more of it.

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