Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-21

when the Heinies were cutting
loose"
IL was one of the first To get
ashore" said Corporal Brady.
I'VE scaled the cliff. When |
got TO the top Popped on my
belly and crawied along. But
We hadn't gone far when we
met heavy sniping. II was 30
accurate that the bullets cut
across my buttocks and hif the
man behind me in the teeth.
SCARED HE'LL OUT or Me
Then we got at them. One
OF my buddies, Corporal Coon,
shot two OF those snipers but
they certainly scared hell out of
me before we got the pill boxes.
"My ship got a couple of shells
from German ground defenses
but my section got ashore COM
piete. As we neared shore, a
German plane came out and we
fired with all we had. That made
us amateurs, for Commando
raids, because we gave our posi-
ton away. But the Raj
saved uS."
Brady. feet 4 inches tall, is
. today
"Our job was Ia 60 through
raSine and demoliSh some Ger
man mines" said Sgt Alex
Szlma. Dayton. .. I'VE did that
and then we concentrated
against a group OF farm houses
100 yards from battery Of
German siN-inch guns. Our
main job was to disorganiZe the
resistance and let our demo-
lition boys get in and blow up
the guns. They got the guns
but the German snlpers were
stlll worrying us.
SHIPPERS OPEN Ut
CAS- we came back the Snipers
opened up. We crouched and
decided 10 get us a sniper.
took several pot shots at one
but didn't make any Roadway.
But a boy with a Bren gun got
him plenty.
"A German stuck his head out
Of an upstairs window and an
other Of my buddies threw
hand grenade up there. That
finished that"
I'VE left England about $50
o'clock Wednesday night said
Captain Murray. "SOme Of our
party went on tank -landing craft
and others I'm Commando units.
Nothing much happened on
the trip across the Channel.
believe we were all little nerN-
Gus AT the beginning hut later
we got bored waiting and began
/ hoping for action.
/ 1T was dark when we arrived.
I couldn't tell how many enemy
boats were around IL. The Jer-
/ the fire. That was when we had
our first casualties. One British
Commando and one sailor were
killed In our boat.
STAYS on LANDING CRAFT
81 was assigned TO stay In the
landing craft so couldn't sec
any OF the actual fighting. We
STAYED out exactly five hours
with the shore batteries potting
NJ .fK-
planes coming out above III.
I'VE had the best air cover
age l ever heard Of. Our boys
both in the air and or land were
certainly ready and raring to go.
II want To tell my mother.
Mrs. Roy \. Murray, 1854 Ben
venue avenue. Berkeley. that I
came through safe and sound
and everything II swell.
Il wish we could have finished
the whole job this time.
BoRRowS TROUSERS
Private Harry Irvine. Winnipeg
Man. who went over with IN
Canadians who formed the ma
lority OF the Dieppc attack force
came back wearing pair OF boz
Towcd trousers
I'VE landed some miles from
Dieppe, got about three miles
inland and stayed for about five
hours" he said. II fired my
Bren gun at two groups Of four
Germans each who we're man
ming mortars. Some OF them
crawled across the road. do
not know whether they were
fatally wounded. l shot a ninth
German from his bicycle and he
didn't move from the road.
when we came out l jumped
from n balcony To the prone
made and ran for the water. The
Germans were criss-crosslng the
beach with FIRE and tried ia
make clay pigeon Of me.
"But wasn't staying there
for that. diVcd into tho ses
with the bullets cutting tho
water around me. One cut away
n ninc-inch piece from my Ma'
West life belt and ] swan
nearly three mics before l wa
picked up"