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Not Saving Private Ryan.
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Fri, 28 May 2004 14:04:04 GMT
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The Guardian has today published a number a letters written on and around D-Day
by those involved. They are mostly from the UK nationals, but also from some the
USA, France & Germany
This paragraph stood out as it sums up the popular perception of what D-Day was:
Lieutenant H T Bone of the 2nd Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment, to his
mother: As we staggered ashore, we dispersed and lay down above the water’s
edge. Stuff was falling pretty close to us and although I did not see it happen,
quite a number of the people from my own boat were hit. Instinctively, where we
lay we hacked holes with our shovels. I began to recognise wounded men of the
assault companies. Some were dead, others struggling to crawl out of the water
because the tide was rising very rapidly. We could not help them since our job
was to push on, but I saw one of my signal corporals with a wound in his leg and
I took his codes with me promising to send a man back for his set before he was
evacuated.
Josef B German staff sergeant: Now finally the hour has come. How did you
react to the news about the invasion? Although it had to happen and was
foreseeable, it impressed me a lot. Of course it is not a trifle. For sure these
hours the hugest battle is taking place that the world has ever seen. Hopefully
fortune is with us now. Now history is being made.
As a self confessed coward, I found it quite inspiring reading them. A selection
are online.
Scott A
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