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to beach, firing his rifle as hard
as he could at the pillbox. But
he just crumpled on the beach. They
got him.

From the wall (a lot of men had
been wounded and killed on the
beaches) They moved on off the
beach. Saw a jeep from of ammo
go up - terrif plume of smoke.

Men on beached seemed to Scoot
to be cocky about wounds. Lt
"Jeff" [crossed out] Geoffrey [end of crossed out]{?Cunlis?] was wounded in
wood near Languene. He was hit
by a naval shell. "Thumbs up
lads." he siad as he was carried
off on stretcher, "this is just a
blighty touch." He died a few
minutes later on beach.

Co Capt James [inserted] L [end of inserted] "Big Jim" Peony was
killed by a snipers bullet in the
back of head in Langaune, His
batman Marine "Taffy" Sourdough
a Welsh man was crying his eyes
out.
=
Saw tank take some of marine. He
had been standing leaning on
track. Suddenly it began to
move. Spun the marine, his arm
caught in track around. The