James Holland

I got on the air and couldn't raise anybody in the entire squadron.

And he has to shake one trooper awake and get him to bang a hammer on the tanks to wake everyone.

And then they set off, but they're setting off to rest camp.

Yeah.

I mean, that's the thing.

I mean, there's lots of sort of, you know, hurry up and slow down.

Yeah.

It's so...

any movement.

It's not like you sort of hurtle down a hill and...

Everything's fits and starts.

It's a start, start, start, start, start, start.

So basically, they're ordered out on that evening.

They're ordered out of Sampian 103, and they're sent back to this little village called Chouin.

Chouin is one of the most beautiful villages in Normandy.

It's absolutely gorgeous.

Again, there's various orchards and stuff, and they're camped in an orchard, and nearby is a medium regiment of 5.5s.

When Semkin is told he's got to get up again, they're alerted and saying, actually, you know...

our rest period's cancelled, we're going to have to go and do something.

Then it's called off again.