crossroad point was under guard of both an american and british soldier. if they wanted to see what ed in your bedroll, you had to show it to them. this was the care that was taken that the secret of the invasion be kept as long as it could. these are the two men, wes carroll of the owy, and pete carroll, the west haynes, rather, who were with me, and we went aboard an lci number 5. pete carroll here came from boston. he was a photographer for the associated press. we tried to keep our mind off what was coming. we knew it would be a short time before we would be on board. we had our first taste of k-rations, which didn't taste bad if you were hungry. we also were able to see the beautiful countryside in that area. and these are the sort of shots i wanted to bring home to show my family and friends. pete carroll was using some of his film to make a few shots himself. soon we were down at the docks. there we found unit of the 101st airborne division carrying everything they could carry by hand boarding landing craft that was so heavily laden, they had to be pushed off the docks by trucks, as you sigh in this manner. they were being taken to larger c