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THE ASSAULT LANDINGS IN NORMANDY

D DAY: MIDNIGHT JUNE 5 —MIDNIGHT JUNE 6
What is your full name? JOHN EDWARD SCOOT

What is your present address? 9 WOODBRIDGE CLOSE,
HAROLD HILL,
ROMFORD, ESSEX.
Telephone number: INGREBOURNE 41470
What was your unit, division, corps? 48 TH, ROYAL MARINE COMMANDO,
4TH. S.S. BRIGADE
ATTACHED 3RD. CANADIAN DIV.

Where did you land and at what time? BEACH 'NAN RED'
ST. AUBIN-SER-MER
0815 HRS.

What was your rank and age on June 6, 1944? MARINE.
20 YEARS.
Were you married at that time? NO.

What is your wife's name? -

Did you nave any children at that time? -

When did you know that you were going to be part of the invasion? MARCH 1944.

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?
SEA VERY CHOPPY. SAILED BETWEEN TWO LINES OF SUPPORT CRAFT (AMMUNITION
SHIPS, TROOPSHIPS, ETC.) TO TAKE UP POSITION AT HEAD. FANTASTIC, SEEMED
LINED UP END TO END , MILES AND MILES WE PASSED. MY PARTICULAR SECTION
SUNG JUST ABOUT EVERY SONG WE KNEW. VERY COCKY, VERY SCARED. REMAINDER
OF TIME SPENT VOMITING. LANDING CRAFT INFANTRY NOT MEANT FOR ROUGH SEAS.
Were there any rumours aboard ship? (Some people remember hearing
the Germans had poured gasoline on the water and planned to set it afire
when the troops came in.)
NONE THAT I CAN REMEMBER

Did you by any chance keep a diary of what happened to you that day?
STRICTLY FORBIDDEN.