Follweiler, Frank (fl. 1944-1945) D-Day Diary labeled "address book"
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07239 Author/Creator: Follweiler, Frank (fl. 1944-1945) Place Written: [various places] Type: Diary Date: 1943/03-1944/12 Pagination: 1 v. 21.1 x 13.2 cm Order a Copy
Diary kept in a green cloth address book written on board Tank Landing Ship LST-383 officer. Many of the diary entries are more like notes (p. "VII"): "Left ...Eng. Mon. June 5 for our fourth invasion ... D-Day is Tues June 6 .... Arrived Tues June 6 at 4 PM Bad Weather could not unloaded [sic] ... thousands of planes filled the sky we seen the gliders come and also the parachute troops."; with ID bracelet, Occupation arm patch, campaign ribbon, cigarette lighter, etc. Most pages in the book are blank.
[draft excerpt]
VII…
June 5 for our forth [sic] invasion also the greatest [struck: of] [amphibious] operation in the history of the world, we are to strike at Ca[illegible]shell De Mer., France, D-day is Tues, June 6 Hour is 7.15 Am we passed through [of dover] about 4 Am, headed for [strikeout] Cherboug peninsula in Normandy France, arrived at [Coupshell] De Mer, tues June 6 at 4 Pm. Bad weather
could not [unload] the first day we where [sic] anchord about 5 miles from the beach all nite only two air raids warships were shelling all day.
thousands of planes filled the sky we seen the gliders come and also parachute troops very nice to see. Next day June 7 was calm & very nice about the same activity we [unloaded] in the late afternoon and left for [Eng] about 10 Pm, so far this one was the easest of all invasions we [struck: had had] have had arrived at Portmouth Eng…
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