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And he evidently Stopped to dress it, before [crossed out] doing so [end crossed out] [inserted] doing so [end inserted], he must
have decided to have a cigarette, there were a packet laying
beside him and he had a cigarette in his mouth, his field
dressing was opened between his hands, ready to apply to the
graze. when a unseen German shot him in the back of
his head. Even in death he had a smile on his face.
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One of my Company were using a mine detector
on a hill sloping down to the beach, when he got
a buzz, on searching the ground, he found a metal
frame, which cover the entrance to a tunnel.
This was reported, and the usual precautions were
take, prior to it been entered. When it was entered
a dead German sniper was found. He had food
for several days. The frame over the entrance to
the tunnel was on hinges. Sniper just rise it,
took aim at his victim, fired, lowered the frame which
was camouflaged, lay low, and repeat the same
thing later. No doubt he was on of the snipers
which had been causing us trouble most of the
morning.
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A funny instance, [crossed out] [illegible] [end crossed out] was to see about
12 German prisoners average height 5ft 6ins
been marched to the beach by a cocky Liverpool
Irish Infantry man whose height was 4ft10ins
[Underline] 6 [end underline] A Sergeant on Jumping out of an assault
craft, landed in a shell crater on the seabed
In a rich Irish voice he shouted the B-------
are going to drown me, before I get a shot
at them