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Dear Debbie and Rufus M:

During the Normandy invasion I was a meteorologist (weather man) with the
313th
Troop Carrier Group stationed near Grantham, England...north of London. We
 flew C-47
planes ( also called DC-3s and Dakotas) and towed gliders and dropped
paratroops on the
day of the invasion.  The weather was  cloudy, rainy and  in some areas
stormy. In fact
the stormy weather was one of the reasons the German army was not as well
prepared
for the invasion as they may have otherwise been.

I did not see anyone killed during the Normandy invasion but my tent mate
 was killed
and a close friend was shot down in the Mediterranean sea during the earlier
invasion of
Sicily. One of the great advantages of being in the Air Force rather than the
Infantry is
that you are further removed from the actual fighting so that you don't have
to face the
terrible slaughter that the foot soldier does.

I was acquainted wit the Buzz Bombs and knew some of the children who had
 been
evacuated from London to safer areas for their protection.

Best Regards,

Terrell Noffsinger

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