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18 - We Were There at the Normandy Invasion by Clayton Knight · We Were There at the Normandy Invasion

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  Speaker 1: The secret tunnel. Captain Doby's heart and thoughts were with
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  Speaker 1: the men under his command. Beyond that, he was desperately
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  Speaker 1: aware of great armies fighting in a hard battle near by.
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  Speaker 1: Seeing Marie here, knowing Andrea was also in the battle area,
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  Speaker 1: he thought angrily, this is too much, ma'amselle. He shouted,
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  Speaker 1: this is no place for you find cover. Immediately Marie
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  Speaker 1: looked up.
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  Speaker 2: You do not understand, she said, Sis, dog belongs to
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  Speaker 2: my boys. Ere Andrea must be here somewhere. Ought you
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  Speaker 2: could nante get this far alone. I do know, replied
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  Speaker 2: the captain. Get under that gateway quickly and hold that dog.
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  Speaker 2: When Marie crouched under the arch, he explained quickly how
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  Speaker 2: he had come to know Andrea. Marie said nervously, you
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  Speaker 2: have not seen him, No, not since they left your home.
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  Speaker 1: I have not. The Captain's voice was sharp with anxiety.
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  Speaker 1: And I haven't time to look for him now. My
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  Speaker 1: manner in that burning barn with Germans all around it,
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  Speaker 1: I've ordered covering smoke shells drop to help them escape,
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  Speaker 1: and I can't understand what's held the shells up. He hesitated,
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  Speaker 1: looking with deep concern at Marie. He spoke more gruffly.
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  Speaker 1: I'm just afraid there's a good chance Andre may be
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  Speaker 1: in that barn. Marie ran out a step or two
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  Speaker 1: and pointed in set Bob. She cried, Oh, I can
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  Speaker 1: get him out, Compachu. Captain Dobe stood up and shouted,
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  Speaker 1: but Marie and Pachu had disappeared through the cottage door
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  Speaker 1: not across the field. Captain Dobe sank back, fuming the
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  Speaker 1: flames were spreading across the barn roof. He switched on
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  Speaker 1: the radial and waited irritably. When there was no response,
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  Speaker 1: he reached back into the jeep for grenades, which he
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  Speaker 1: hooked into his belt. He had just grabbed his gun
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  Speaker 1: firmly and gingerly looked over the leg to the ground
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  Speaker 1: when Pachu barked and wriggled out of the cartage door.
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  Speaker 1: At the same instant, Slim came around the garden wall
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  Speaker 1: and stopped in his tracks, staring at the doorway. Avarski.
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  Speaker 1: He shouted, and then Andrea. Captain Doby's head snapped toward
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  Speaker 1: the cottage. A tall officer stood behind Pachu and with
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  Speaker 1: him was Andrea. Behind Lieutenant Ovarski and Andrea straggled several
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  Speaker 1: dusty smoke blackened men. They moved a few steps forward.
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  Speaker 1: Ovarski steaded himself against the stone pillar. Marie and two
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  Speaker 1: of the men eased the wounded soldier they were carrying
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  Speaker 1: to the ground. Captain Ovarski said, hoarsely, can you get
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  Speaker 1: Meddick's three wounded one badly? Captain Doby swallowed hard. Is
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  Speaker 1: that all all others accounted for? Sir Ovarski reported, no worse,
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  Speaker 1: not any of you are accounted for. The captain growl,
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  Speaker 1: how did you get here? I thought you were in
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  Speaker 1: that blasted barn. Slim gasped as Marie, finishing for making
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  Speaker 1: your patient more easy, walked forward. Ovarski simply threw out
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  Speaker 1: a hand towards Marie and said she let us out.
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  Speaker 1: Marie walked up to Captain Dobey, says a tunnel to
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  Speaker 1: Sebond from Sigatner's Cottie.
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  Speaker 2: Sir, she explained, I didn't have time to tell you
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  Speaker 2: before it tonally is old, but it is opened. The
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  Speaker 2: Marquis had been using her for months of partly for
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  Speaker 2: wounded men, as Zubond was our head quarterels. We just
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  Speaker 2: moved out yesterday. Captain dobe nodded, speechless with relief. He
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  Speaker 2: pushed back his helmet, mopped his forehead, and switched on
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  Speaker 2: the radio. I'll cancel those smoke shells, he muttered. At
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  Speaker 2: that moment, the air overhead whined ominously. A curtain of
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  Speaker 2: shells fell around the barn and exploded. A dense pall
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  Speaker 2: of white smoke drifted across the field. Where's Weller? The
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  Speaker 2: captain ashslim and what about the Nazi? Stell around the barn.
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  Speaker 2: He was interrupted by grenade and rifle fire and the
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  Speaker 2: thrashing of men breaking through shrubbery. Watch it, Weller's voice
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  Speaker 2: rang above the din. The shooting stopped suddenly, and German
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  Speaker 2: and American voices mingled. Captain Dobe listened a moment, smiled,
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  Speaker 2: and switched on the radio. Thanks for the smoke shells,
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  Speaker 2: he said into the receiver. He switched through to his
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  Speaker 2: command post. Say send along a couple of trucks for
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  Speaker 2: prisoners and a medic an ambulance. At least three wounded here,
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  Speaker 2: one pretty bad. He turned to the others Well, Avarsky,
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  Speaker 2: he said, presently, I certainly sent you into something. Headquarters
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  Speaker 2: said positively. No Germans left in this area. They came
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  Speaker 2: out in this shot town. We had to take cover
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  Speaker 2: in the barn. Sir Evarski said, take it easy. Toby said,
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  Speaker 2: all of you till the trucks get here. Sergeant, what
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  Speaker 2: ails you? Well Or limped into side.
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  Speaker 1: Along the wall. We've cleaned about all of mount Finally,
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  Speaker 1: he grinned. Doby frowned, But what happened to you? M
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  Speaker 1: not myself a bullet? Weller smiled, brunned, and turned into
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  Speaker 1: a grimace of pain. I thought, I told you to
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  Speaker 1: stay away from those Germans, Doby barked. Weller limped painfully
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  Speaker 1: to the jeep and Slim spun him gently round and
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  Speaker 1: into the back seat. You sure did, sir, Weller said, well,
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  Speaker 1: you forgot to tell them Germans to keep away from me.
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  Speaker 1: Not far behind Weller, a line of Nazi prisoners were
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  Speaker 1: coming across the field, hands on heads. With them on
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  Speaker 1: each side stored Americans with Tommy guns ready. Marie was
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  Speaker 1: examining the injury to Weller's leg. That bullet will have
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  Speaker 1: to be taken out. She said, eats nothing very deep.
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  Speaker 1: It won't help much. Is going to stay right there?
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  Speaker 1: Well said, It's probably the only proof I'll have to
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  Speaker 1: show my kids that I was ever in this war.
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  Speaker 1: Andrea had been saying sir at intervals, but he had
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  Speaker 1: trouble saying it loud enough to make the captain hear.
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  Speaker 1: When the prisoners had been herded together under guard a
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  Speaker 1: little distance away, Captain Dobe sank back into his seat
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  Speaker 1: and smiled down Andre. He said, I'm too glad to
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  Speaker 1: see you alive to tell you what I ought to.
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  Speaker 1: Andrea felt his face grow red. I wanted to try
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  Speaker 1: to get my father and Maz home. It would have
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  Speaker 1: been simpler for all of us if you had waited,
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  Speaker 1: replied the Captain. I couldn't, sir, Andrea said staunchly, if
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  Speaker 1: Pachu hadn't been here, Keepitan Marie said, I might have missed, Andrea.
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  Speaker 1: It was Pachu who found me. The dog at the
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  Speaker 1: sound of his name, tossed up his head. Then he
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  Speaker 1: sniffed deeply and whirled in the direction of the chateau
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  Speaker 1: gate paused a brief second, and shot away at an
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  Speaker 1: excited gallop. Captain Dobe could only say now what end
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  Speaker 1: of Chapter eighteen