regimen'ses his efforts to hold the la fiere bridge. >> start with giving me your name and ranking, your company and regimen. bell.name is elmo army.tired from the [indiscernible] >> you want to hear about the drop in normandy? airfield infrom an britain. we had been briefed and we knew exactly what conditions were in normandy and where the drop zones were located. weetime during the fight theived aircraft fire from right side of the planes. we were not aware that some of the mid-channel islands were occupied by the germans. that confused us because we thought we were approaching normandy. cause -- we to the turned north parallel to the coast of normandy. the jump master was watching the door. as soon as they could see landfall he ordered the troops to stand up and hook up. the plate was hit -- plane was hit by aircraft fire. the right side was knocked out. troopers had the hooked their signs up. everybody in. of course there was a mad .cramble to get to the door the plane was listing to the right and nobody could climb the incline to get to the door. i was able to get to the door first.

he described his regimens efforts to hold the la fiere bridge. the interview was recorded in new orleans. >> start with giving me your name and ranking, your company and regimen. >> my name is elmo bell. i'm retired from the army. and the mississippi national guard. full colonel 06. retired brigadier general. and we continue here, to speak to me. >> you want to hear about the drop in normandy? we deported from an airfield in britain. we had been briefed and we knew exactly what conditions were in normandy and where the drop zones were located. but sometime during the fight we anti- aircraft fire from the right side of the planes. we were not aware that some of the mid-channel islands were occupied by the germans. that confused us because we thought we were approaching normandy. we had turned and were flying north parallel to the coast of normandy. the jump master was watching the door. as soon as they could see landfall he ordered the troops to stand up and hook up. while we were in the process of plane was hit by antiaircraft fire. the right sid

regimen'ses his efforts to hold the la fiere bridge. >> start with giving me your name and ranking, your company and regimen. bell.name is elmo army.tired from the [indiscernible]