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Ack 28/5/58
THE ASSAULT LANDINGS IN NORMANDY
D DAY: MIDNIGHT JUNE 5 — MIDNIGHT JUNE 6
What is your full name ? Geoffrey John Leach
What is your present address? 35 Birchwood Close, Hatfield, Herts
Telephone number:
What was your unit, division, corps? 73 B & H RAMC
Where did you land and at what time? Approx 7 AM Near Arromanches British Sector
What was your rank and age on June 6, 1944? Private 24 yrs
Were you married at that time? no
What is your wife' s name? now Joyce
Did you have any children at that time?
When did you know that you were going to be part of the invasion?
Rough idea about 6 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. Mostly spent keeping out of
way of seasick "bods" . 28 hour trip
Apart from sleeping time, most of journey spent on
TOP DECK
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.)
Only rumour I can remember was that for the benefit
of the newspaper correspondents we were taking over, the Captain
was going to 'bash-in' to the beach & be almost first in.
Did you by any chance keep a diary of what happened to you that day?
No
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