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THE ASSAULT LANDINGS IN NORMANDY

D DAY: MIDNIGHT JUNE 5 — MIDNIGHT JUNE 6

Ack 2/6/58

What is your full name? Niels William John White

What is your present address?
54 Dale Wood Rd.
Orpington,
Kent

Telephone number: ORPINGTON 225588

What was your unit, division, corps? Attached 5th Bn. East Yorks
50th (Northumbrian) Div.

Where did you land and at what time? King Red Beach, Arromanches?
H-10 approx 06.50.

What was your rank and age on June 6, 1944? 2/lt, 20 years old

Were you married at that time? No

What is your wife’s name? Josephine White

Did you have any children at that time? No

When did you know that you were going to be part of the invasion?
A few weeks 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?
Rough sea, slept part of time and watched the bombardment
as well as the other ships.

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.)
No.

Did you by any chance keep a diary of what happened to you that day?
No