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

What is your full name? Daniel John Flunder
What is your present address?
Business address:
Dunlop Plantations Ltd
10-12 King St.
St. James's S.W. 1
(available here for interview)
Telephone number: Whitehall 3131

What was your unit, division, corps?
48 Commando, Royal Marines
Where did you land and at what time?
St Aubin 0800
What was your rank and age on June 6, 1944?
Captain + Adjutant 22 years

Were you married at that time? No
What is your wife*'s name?
Did you nave any children at that time? No

When did you know that you were going to be part of the invasion?
Many months before, whilst in Italy, by virtue
of position as Adjutant.
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?
Very rough. I remember it very well

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. ours was a decent unit!
Did you by any chance keep a diary of what happened to you that day?
No, but just after the war we
published a small book of unit history which
give a factual account of the landing!