MARVIN PERRETT
Coxswain, USS Bayfield
www.geocities.com/ussbayfieldapa33
Page 42: Tragedy — and Secrecy — at Slapton Sands

MICHAEL N. INGRISANO, JR.
Radio operator, 316th Troop Carrier Group [U.S.]
www.6juin1944.com/veterans
www.merriam-press.com/mono_025/m_013.htm
Page 43

J.P. MOORE
Rifleman, Queen’s Own Rifles of Canada
Page 44

SADIE GREAVES
Women’s Land Army [Britain]
Page 45

JAMES H. WALLWORK
GEOFF BARKWAY
PETER B. BOYLE
All with the Glider Pilot Regiment [Britain]
www.gliderpilotregiment.org.uk
Page 52: “Right on Target, and Right on Time”

RICHARD TODD
Lieutenant, 7th (Light Infantry) Battalion,
The Parachute Regiment [Britain]
Pages 53 and 57

ARLETTE GONDRÉE
Civilian/child, Café Gondrée near Pegasus Bridge [France]
Page 54: Liberation at Last

ERIC “BILL” SYKES
Paratrooper, 7th (Light Infantry) Battalion,
The Parachute Regiment [Britain]
Page 57: Parachuting into Normandy

ROGER CHARBONNEAU
6th Airborne Division [Canada]
www.6juin1944.com/veterans
pages.infinit.net/c0charbo/index.html
JAN de VRIES
1st Canadian Parachute Battalion
Page 61: Regrouping on the Ground

JOHN BUTLER
Paratrooper, 7th (Light Infantry) Battalion,
The Parachute Regiment [Britain]
Page 62: Champagne and Bagpipes

CHARLES H. YOUNG
Colonel and commanding officer, 439th Troop Carrier Group [U.S.]
www.usaaftroopcarrier.com
Page 64: Target: Ste-Mère-Eglise

JULIAN “BUD” RICE
Pilot, 316th Troop Carrier Group [U.S.]
www.merriam-press.com/mono_025/m_013.htm
Page 66: Drop — and Go!

DAVID M. “BUCK” ROGERS
Paratrooper, 101st Airborne Division [U.S.]
www.normandy1944.info/david_rogers.html
www.6juin1944.com/veterans
DONALD “JAKE” JAKEWAY
Paratrooper, 82nd Airborne Division [U.S.]
Page 69: Setting Down in France

ROBERT MURPHY
Pathfinder, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division [U.S.]
www.amazon.com [No Better Place to Die by Robert Murphy]
Page 71: On Double Duty

MARIE-THÉRÉSE CHAMPEL
Civilian/child, near village of Prétot [France]
WARREN SHAW
Paratrooper, 82nd Airborne Division [U.S.]
Page 72: The Kindness of Strangers

HARVEY A. JACOBS
Bomber pilot, 497th Bomb Squadron, 9th Air Force [U.S.]
www.6juin1944.com/veterans
Page 76: Cleaning Up Utah Beach

ROBERT A. YORK
Gunner’s Mate 3rd Class, USS Bayfield
www.geocities.com/ussbayfieldapa33
Page 78: The Night Before the Invasion

EDWIN BLACK
Radio operator, USS Rich
www.informediate.com/USSRichDE695/Experiences/EdBlack.htm
Page 81: The Largest Convoy Ever Assembled

JACK FOX
Combat medic, 8th Infantry Regiment, 4th U.S. Infantry Division
Page 88: Rough Landing at Utah

JACK HOFFLER
Gunner on a U.S. LCVP (Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel)
Page 96: “I’d Wanted to Go to War”

JOSEPH P. VAGHI, JR.
Beachmaster, C-8 Platoon, 6th Naval Beach Battalion [U.S.]
Page 96: Aiming for the Dune Line

THOMAS E. HERRING
C Company, 5th Ranger Battalion [U.S.]
Page 101: Heading Out from Omaha

J. RUSSELL DAVEY, JR.
Medical officer, C-8 Platoon, 6th Naval Beach Battalion [U.S.]
Page 102: A Doctor’s Letter Home

HOWARD B. CLARKSON
Crewmember, landing craft LCI-537 [U.S.]
www.usslci.com
Page 104: Bringing the Troops Ashore

ROBERT GIGUERE
Seaman 1st Class, C-9 Platoon, 6th Naval Beach Battalion [U.S.]
Page 105: Surviving Bloody Omaha

JOE B. WILLIAMS
Carpenter’s Mate 3rd Class, USS Bayfield
www.geocities.com/ussbayfieldapa33
Page 106: Hospital at Sea

KEN OAKLEY
Commando, Royal Navy [Britain]
Page 112: Moving the Men Inland

G.C.A. GILBERT
Captain, C Company, 2nd Battalion,
Royal Lincolnshire Regiment [Britain]
Page 114: The Drive for Caen

GERALD PAWSON
Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers,
3rd Canadian Infantry Division
Page 117: When Duty Calls

STANLEY “FISH” SENECO
A Squadron, 1st Hussars [Canada]
Page 118: A Life Preserver with My Name on It

ROLPH JACKSON
Lance corporal, Queen’s Own Rifles of Canada
Page 120: Saved by Two Inches

JAMES B. PRENDERGAST
Flight lieutenant, 39 Reconnaissance Wing, 430 Squadron,
Royal Canadian Air Force
Page 123: Flying Reconnaissance over Normandy

WILLIAM F. McCORMICK
C Company, 1st Hussars [Canada]
Page 125: D-Day Objective Met

CHARLES EAGLES
9th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry [Britain]
Page 127: Bikes in the Line of Fire

JOHN P. CUMMER
Gunner’s mate, U.S. landing craft LCI(L)-502
Page 128: Bringing in the Troops at Gold

BILL CHEALL
6th Green Howards [Britain]
www.enicholl.com/bill-cheall/cheall-index.htm
Page 130: Moving out from Gold

JEAN IMRIE DESHANE
Auxiliary Teritorial Service [Britain]
www.canadianwarbrides.com/deshanej.html
Page 131: The Hardest Part Was the Waiting…

W.K. “BILL” NEWELL
Beach commando, Royal Canadian Navy
Page 140: "What Kind of War Was this?"

GEORGE DAVISON
Sergeant, 39ers Invasion Group,
320th AA Barrage Balloon Battalion [U.S.]
www.6juin1944.com/veterans
Page 141: The Balloon Soldiers

HENRY DOAR
Sergeant, 2nd Infantry Division [U.S.]
Page 142: The Road Out of Omaha

LESLIE DINNING
4th County of London Yeomanry [Britain]
Page 144: The Landscape of War

SYDNEY JARY
Commander, 18 Platoon, D Company, 4th Battalion,
The Somerset Light Infantry [Britain]
Page 149: The Human Face of Battle

KEN DAVENPORT
Second lieutenant, 5th Battalion,
The King’s Regiment (Liverpool) [Britain]
Page 152: The Bombing of Caen

JOHN K. SLINGLUFF
Captain, Company G, 3rd Battalion, 175th Regiment,
29th Infantry Division [U.S.]
Page 157: “The Fighting Was Hard as Hell”

FRANK W. TOWERS
120th Regiment, 30th Infantry Division [U.S.]
www.indianamilitary.org/30thinfdiv/UNITS/120th/TowersFrank_120.htm
www.30thinfantry.org
Page 161: Tragic Prelude to the Breakout at St-Lô

QUENTIN AANENSON
Combat fighter pilot, U.S. 9th Air Force
pages.prodigy.com/fighterpilot
Page 167: Flying into the Falaise Gap

PAUL KOCZULA
Tank mechanic, 1st Polish Armoured Division
Page 168: Holding the Hill at Falaise

GERHARD R. KÄPPNER
Paratrooper (Germany)
Page 169: Fleeing Through the Falaise Gap

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