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Were any of your friends killed or wounded either during the landing or
during the day?
Not that I can remember

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

Were you wounded? Not on D Day but later on
in Normandy

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?
Against orders we took a Motor Cycle on the L.C.I. for
communications when ashore. It proved invaluable as
we did not meet up with our essential [inserted] command [end inserted] vehicles
for some time. When the M/C went down the ramp
the sea was so deep only the rider's head & shoulders were
visible. Rider Major P. Barton

Do you recall any incident, sad or heroic, or simply memorable, that struck
you more than anything else?
We had been issued with thigh length Plastic
waders. They were quite useless for troops with
heavy equipment. I saw many soldiers fall over
as their "waders" filled with water. If the
idea was get the troops as wet as possible
these "waders" certainly achieved this!!

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2.

Were any of your friends killed or wounded either during the landing or
during the day?
Not that I can remember

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

Were you wounded? Not on D Day but later on
in Normandy

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?
Against orders we took a Motor Cycle on the L.C.I. for
communications when [illegible]. It proved invaluable as
we did not meet up with our essential [inserted] command [end inserted] vehicles
for some time. When the M/C went down the ramp
the sea was so deep only the rider's head & shoulders were
visible. Rider Major P. Barton

Do you recall any incident, sad or heroic, or simply memorable, that struck
you more than anything else?
We had been issued with thigh length Plastic
waders. They were quite useless for troops with
heavy equipment. I saw many soldiers fall over
as their "waders" filled with water. If the
idea was get the troops as wet as possible
these "waders" certainly achieved this".