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- People in story:听
- A. W. Mitchell
- Location of story:听
- Normandy
- Background to story:听
- Army
- Article ID:听
- A3454913
- Contributed on:听
- 29 December 2004
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I was leading A Company of the 6th North Staffords on to Juno beach. As we came ashore the beaches were clear and passages marked by white tape. We got ashore without casualties. In A and B Company each soldier had a bicycle so we had to get down the side of the landing craft carrying not only rifles and equipment but also bikes, which with a heavy swell running was not easy. On leaving the beach area we then cycled to our rendezvous point all hoping that we could cycle faster than the Germans could run!!
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