June 6th, 1944 D-Day

June 5th, 1944

Left England to cross the channel into France.

June 6th, 1944

Invaded France. This was my first invasion and the first action I had seen. After the first week had gone by a storm hit us. It was so bad that it threw our ship high and dry on the beach of Normandy.

Dad's War Diary - March 12th, 1944

Left Scotland for England. Spent 2 months running up and down England's coast.

Spent Easter 1944 in the Irish Sea.

Dad's War Diary - March 10th, 1944

Went aboard U.S.L.C.F - 11 for duty.

Dad's War Diary - Feb 1st, 1944

Arrived at Rosneath Scotland. I'll never forget that day. It was cold and raining like everything. Spent a month and 10 days at Roseneath waiting for my ship.

Note bolded text appears to have been added to the entry by my father at a later date.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosneath

http://www.rosneathpeninsula.org.uk/history/war1.cfm

Dad's War Diary - January 23rd, 1944

My father passed away last February. The same day my youngest daughter was born. Among my father's personal effects, was his war diary. My brother graciously gave it to me (Thanks Steve:)). I've decided to start posting entries from my father's diary here on my blog. The entries are short, dealing mainly with where he was at the time. I'll try to include context if I can. This is more for my own personal healing. I can't believe my Dad has been gone for almost a year. I'll still post pictures. But I'm going to post these as well.

January 23rd 1944: Went aboard a British transport (Aquitania). Left New York the night of the 23rd for Scotland.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Aquitania
http://www.ocean-liners.com/ships/Aquitania.asp