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2.

Were any of your friends killed or wounded either during the landing or
during the day? Yes.

Do you remember any conversations you had with them before they became
casualties?
Only the Canadian CP/L which I have already mentioned about.
And a London boy W/op who got hit in the leg he sort of had a
premonition about it all 2 weeks previous; then there was paddy the
D/R. one of the best, he got hit whilst running for cover, he was
always frightened when things such as the bombing whilst we were
down south under canvas got very bad, and the shrapnel use to
drop on our tents from the Ack! Ack! he always said:
"I don't like it at all"

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?
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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?
Yes! We had only been on the beach a few seconds and we could see all
these puffs of sand going up all around us, and a few wagons on fire:
You see! We did not know these puffs of sand where 88 M.M. shells
because we had never been under actual fire before. Amongst all
the firing, shelling from both the navy, and that from inland we
could hear the screamers coming from everywhere; another time I was
lying flat with two of our C/Pls and one shell burst quite near us, and
covered us with everything, one Cp/l said "Get the cards out"

Do you recall any incident, sad or heroic, or simply memorable, that struck
you more than anything else?
More than anything else I shall always remember our R.A.F.
squadron/LDR. Padre. I forget his name. He was outstanding in
every way. He was actually coverering most of the beach
where we were; attending the dying and wounded and ignored everything
the Jerries were sending over. He went to each one who called for him
including members of hte U.S. First Army. Never taking cover at all
but actually stood upright, I have never forgotten him; on the
Sunday following we held our memorial service which he directed