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2.

Were any of your friends killed or wounded either during the landing or
during the day?
None of my crew(s) [inserted] I was in charge of 5 L.C.A.'s each carrying crews of 3 and I think 35 soldiers.[end inserted] but several very fine men
from the Hampshire's and Sherwood Forests were killed
soon
after we
put them
ashore.

Do you remember any conversations you had with them before they became
casualties?

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?
No

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?
One of the sailors (but not a single soldier!)
vomited during the rather rough last few miles.

Do you recall any incident, sad or heroic, or simply memorable, that struck
you more than anything else?
The great discipline of the soldiers, they had a
terrible job landing on a beach and fighting a battle
after such a rotten crossing and lesser men would,
have in the face of death, have let courtesies go a bit.
These boys asked me for permission to smoke [inserted]a few minutes before landing[end inserted].
It made me feel choked up.