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THE ASSAULT LANDINGS IN NORMANDY
D DAY: MIDNIGHT JUNE 5 — MIDNIGHT JUNE 6

What is your full name? MARTIN VANHEEMS

What is your present address? 47/48 BERNERS ST.
LONDON W. 1. (Business)

Telephone number; LANgham 1500

What was your unit, division, corps? See narrative

Where did you land and at what time? "

What was your rank and age on June 6, 1944? Lieutenant, R.N.V.R, Age 29

Were you married at that time? Yes

What is your wife's name? Margaret

Did you have any children at that time?
Yes, three.

When did you know that you were going to be part of the invasion?
About a year before.

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?
See narrative

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.)

Did you by any chance keep a diary of what happened to you that day?
Good heavens no. Haven’t you ever
heard of security ?