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- jumbos
- People in story:听
- james pleass
- Location of story:听
- Normandy 1944
- Background to story:听
- Army
- Article ID:听
- A1994808
- Contributed on:听
- 08 November 2003
As a Royal Signals Radio Operator, after training from January 1942,and a period of time with the 79th Armoured Division in the U.K., I was sent to Combined Operations Command at a Naval shore base named HMS Dundonald in Scotland, where we practised amphibious landings for many months. Then, in early 1944, I was assigned to join the crew of a small Landing Craft Headquarters vessel (LCH100) berthed with hundreds of others in Southampton Docks.
We knew that the invasion was imminent, as we were visited by both Winston Churchill and General Eisenhower. who wished us "God Speed".
At this time I also celebrated my twentyfirst birthday on 21st May..confined to ship, and only a few tots of rum to assist the celebration.
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