In September 1984 I returned to Brecourt Manor and after lunch in the Manor my wife and I were standing in the entrance yard when Michel de Vallavieille asked: “who fired the mortars down here?” I volunteered that I had. I let loose 7 or 8 rounds without knowing if I did any damage. When we got back to the road I grabbed the mortar where I left it and put the tube on the ground between my legs and I started firing rounds at Brecourt where I could see the top of the roof. The results of that attack are well known except this. We arrived at Le Grand Chemin just before the order came for “E” Company to attack the “Guns of Brecourt”. We captured an ammunition group of Germans during the night.
We spent all night working our way to the coast. Bill Guarnere, Joe Toye and I landed in the same field about 0,5 mile north of Sainte-Mere Eglise.
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