This list of links used to be on http://www.isidore-of-seville.com/d-day/3.html but seems to have been taken down.
Personal AccountsIndividual Accounts, Allies | Individual Accounts, Axis | Multiple Accounts | Tributes to Soldiers Individual Accounts, AlliesHerb Epstein, 5th Ranger Battalion. From Drop Zone Virtual Museum's Oral and E-histories. Jim Wilkins, "D-Day Recollections" (The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, B Company). The author, another first-wave casualty, narrates his experiences with wry humor. Leonard Lomell, Second Ranger Battalion, distinguished Service Cross recipient. From The American Experience: D-Day. Robert Rae. (507th PIR) "Against All Odds." Rae led the daring assault on La Fiere bridge. From Drop Zone Virtual Museum's Oral and E-histories. John J. Dolan, (Company Commander of A Company 505 PIR). Letter includes a "detailed account of A Company's legendary actions at La Fiere Bridge." From Drop Zone Virtual Museum's Oral and E-histories. Marcus Heim, (A Company 505) "La Fiere Bridge: D-Day June 6, 1944". From Drop Zone Virtual Museum's Oral and E-histories. Roy Creek, (507th PIR) "Chef-du-Pont." Another La Fiere bridge account. From Drop Zone Virtual Museum's Oral and E-histories. John C. Ausland, excerpt from Letters Home: a War Memoir. Unlike some others Ausland arrived without much trouble. More information about the book is available here. Allen W. Stephens, bomber pilot.
From The American Experience: D-Day. Gen. Matthew Ridgeway, "D-Day Minus One: U.S. Paratroopers Leave for France." Clarence Hughart, H Company 507 PIR. "Unlucky Number 13". This young paratrooper was captured almost immediately. From Drop Zone Virtual Museum's Oral and E-histories. George Rosie (506 PIR, 101st Airborne Division) "An American POW in Germany," edited by Bill Carrington. Another paratrooper captured shortly after landing. From Drop Zone Virtual Museum's Oral and E-histories. Joe Bressler, "Fractured". Paratrooper was wounded but avoided capture. J.G. Burkhalter, an army chaplain. Web Archive: Congressman Sam M. Gibbons, "June 6, 1944 -- I was There" A long, gripping account. (501st Parachute Infantry, a part of the 101st Airborne Division) Tom Kent, "D-Day Glider Landing." Short account. From Drop Zone Virtual Museum's Oral and E-histories. A.L. Corry, a bombardier on a B-26 Marauder. From The American Experience: D-Day. Ralph Jenkins, fighter pilot. From The American Experience: D-Day. Bob Slaughter, in a Higgins-boat. Slaughter's account seems incorrectly truncated. From The American Experience: D-Day. Individual Accounts, AxisFranz Rachmann, German soldier. Brief excerpt. From The American Experience: D-Day. Unknown, "D-Day, A German Private's View June 6, 1944." Short account, unknown source. Web Archive: "Horror and Defeat: a German's Log of June 18th" - anonymous account from a Canadian site. Multiple AccountsEyewitnesses page from Dan van der Vat's webpage in support of his D-Day: The Greatest Invasion - A People's History. Tributes to SoldiersPage in Honor of Frank Draper, Jr., killed in action on June 6 in Normandy.
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