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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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