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THE ASSAULT LANDINGS IN NORMANDY Ack 29/10/58

D DAY: MIDNIGHT JUNE 5 — MIDNIGHT JUNE 6

What is your full name? Arthur Holman Dunn
What is your present address?
The White House
Porth Newquay Cornwall

Telephone number: 3050 newquay

What was your unit, division, corps?
50Div 151 Bde
Where did you land and at what time?
Arronnerch? not sure 7 am 6 June
What was your rank and age on June 6, 1944?
Major (2nd)Bn 8 Div 1 (Durham Light Infany)
Were you married at that time? yes
What is your wife's name? Phyllis Amy
Did you nave any children at that time? none

When did you know that you were going to be part of the invasion?
when Gen management addressed us in sicily (after the invasion) in sept or Oct 1953

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?
Roughish- very little conversation except that everyone was a little edgey - we expected
the coastline to be heavily fortified The planning on the Navy side was
much better than the invasion of Sicily where we landed
in the wrong place
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.)
have whatsoever - every one was merely "Teed up"
Did you by any chance keep a diary of what happened to you that day?
No