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THE ASSAULT LANDINGS IN NORMANDY
D DAY: MIDNIGHT JUNE 5 —MIDNIGHT JUNE 6
Ack 17/6/58
What is your full name? Norman Victor Cox
What is your present address? 44 Riggindale Road
Streatham SW6
Telephone number: Str 0295
What was your unit, division, corps? 4th Flotilla L.S.T.
Where did you land and at what time? Courseulles sur Mer "JUNO"
What was your rank and age on June 6, 1944? Lieut RNVR Age 40
Were you married at that time? Yes
What is your wife’s name? Gladys
Did you have any children at that time? No
When did you know that you were going to be part of the invasion? Approximately 3 weeks before hand
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?
Reasonably calm. Moderate swell
kept Middle Watch on the Bridge
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.)
Nothing reached my ears
Did you by any chance keep a diary of what happened to you that day?
No
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