- Contributed by
- eric1925
- People in story:
- Members of the 7th (L.I) Battalion, 6th Airborne Division, The Parachute Regiment.
- Location of story:
- Normandy 1944.
- Background to story:
- Army
- Article ID:
- A3155375
- Contributed on:
- 20 October 2004
For all details of this story please go to the www.huddersfield1.co.uk website--Click on "View from America"--and then click on "Bill's WW2 exploits".Photographs are included in the article.
Subject Matter:
A very young soldiers experiences describing his parachute jump into Normandy on the night of the 5th/6th of June 1944 and his capture by German Forces 13 days later. The narrative includes details of life in POW camps.
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