There was something like 20,000 guys involved in Tiger. They started in January having these dress rehearsals, and there were two or three before us. One was Beaver; I forgot the other names. |
What happened was there were eight Lasts; the first five came out of another port, and they went out into the Channel and waited. Now around dusk, with [the remaining three Lasts], when it came time for us to go out and rendezvous with them, we ended up with one escort ship. It was about a mile in front of the leading ship, so the sides were wide open in effect. My ship, the 507, is the last ship in line, which is bad. |
Your mind goes blank because you're almost saying to yourself, 'What's this going to feel like when it hits? I'm dead. We're dead'. |