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Your name John Backosti
Did you by any chance keep a diary of what happened to
you that day? Include any impressions from it. Yes
There was very little opposition when we arrived
at Coast. We were relieved of tension when we unloaded
Were any of your friends killed or wounded either during troops & headed
landing or during the day? back for England
at 1300 [? hrs ?]
Yes some were in the landing
Do you remember any converstions you had with them before
they became casualties?:
Were you wounded? no
Do you remember what it was like--that is, do you remember
whether you felt any pain or were so surprised that you
felt nothing?
Do you remember seeing or hearing anything that seems funny
now, even though it may not have seemed funny at the time?
Do you recall any incident, sad or heroic or simply memorable,
which struck you more than anything else?
Did you encounter any enemy aircraft or flak? Was your
aircraft damaged?
yes enemy aircraft & some flak
but ship was not damaged.