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2.

Were any of your friends killed or wounded either during the landing or
during the day? Yes. The wireless operator of my tank was
drowned. Some friends in other tanks also lost
their lives, and some were wounded.
Another friend was wounded later in the day by a
bomb splinter.

Do you remember any conversations you had with them before they became
casualties?
I cannot recall anything particular
- there was certainly no premonition of
death or anything like that.

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? After our DD tank had beached we hit an
underwater obstacle and became water logged. Eventually
we had to [?bale?] out when the turret was flooded.
Swimming to the shore I became rather exhausted and
I was forced to rest on a tank obstacle sticking
out of the water which had a teller mine basted
to it. My holding on to such a highly dangerous
structure for a rest became something of a joke
in the squadron later.

Do you recall any incident, sad or heroic, or simply memorable, that struck
you more than anything else?
Yes. I remember seeing a Captain of the
Royal Engineers walking along the beach
getting everyone to dig in as the beach
was being shelled. Part of his left hand
had been blown away and was wrapped in
a shell dressing but he refused attention
- just carried on doing his job and
[?selting?] a fine example.