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From the first days of the Normandy D-Day landings my Uncle, Stanley Arthur Coo was the driver for one of New Zealand鈥檚 most distinguished military leaders, Brigadier James Hargest CBE. (Unfortunately Stan is no longer with us).
Almost every day for over two months Stan Coo was with the Brigadier, driving him to the front line and coming under enemy fire, as the Brigadier observed the Allies' attempts to break out of Normandy. Stan, although he did not know it at the time, was in a unique position to observe the Brigadier in what were the last two months of his life. (The brigadier was killed at Stan's side by mortar fire).
He recalled some of his memories in an informal conversation with myself in 1999 that I taped. It is this conversation that I am posting on this web site.
While my Uncle was still alive, I did quite alot of research on the Brigadier because Stan never really new what his role was. I was able to put Stan in touch with the Brigadier's son, Ken Hargest, and even found in the Public Records Office some of the reports that the Brigadier had written. I was very excited to see that one of Brigadier Hargest's reports was quoted on the recent 大象传媒 program D-day to Berlin.
Stan was very fond of his Brigadier and had great respect for him.
The transcript I am posting is unedited, and the stories are in no particular order. They give a valuable insight into what was a very important job that the Brigadier was doing.