Instructions regarding War Diaries and Intelligence
Summaries are contained in F.S. Regs., Vol. 1.
and the Staff Manual respectively Title pages
will be prepared in manuscript. |
WAR DIARY or INTELLIGENCE SUMMARY |
Army Form C.2118 |
Unit: 3 MON | ||
Month and Year: June 1944 | (Erase heading not required). | Commanding Officer: Lt.Col. H.G. Orr |
Place | Date | Hour | Summary | Reference |
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15 | 1000 | Hell. Our first taste of war. Jerry has started bombing the beach and damned accurately too. We suffer our first casualty. Pte Butcher of "A" Coy is wounded in the chest with shrapnel, but it is not serious. We move on to our first area in FRANCE. |
Source: Jeroen Koppes, TracesOfWar.com, transcribing: Hans Houterman.
Disclaimer: This War Diary is based on its original, but typos might be corrected. Locations are calculated, so might not be in the correct place. For historical research, always check the originals.