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Ack 26/6/58
Negative

THE ASSAULT LANDINGS IN NORMANDY
D DAY: MIDNIGHT JUNE 5 - MIDNIGHT JUNE 6

What is your full name? John Samuel Brookes

What is your present address?
38. Brynawellon
Nantyglo.
Mon.

Telephone number:

What was your unit, division, corps?
2nd Batt. South Wales Borderers.

Where did you land and at what time?
Arromanches

What was your rank and age on June 6, 1944?
Private. 24 yrs

Were you married at that time? Yes

What is your wife's name? Minnie

Did you nave any children at that time? No.

When did you know that you were going to be part of the invasion?
Six weeks before June the 6th we knew that something big
was coming off because of the training we were doing

What was the trip like during the crossing of the Channel? Do you remember, for example, any conversations you had or how you passed the time?
It was a very rough crossing the weather wasn't very
good for a landing.

Were there any rumours aboard ship? (Some people remember hearing that the Germans had poured gasoline on the water and planned to set it afire
when the troops came in.)
I didn't hear of any rumours

Did you by any chance keep a diary of what happened to you that day?
No. I didn't have time for writing.