"Port Sunlight" June 25, 1944

The battalion left Port Sunlight on the morning of June 25th and arrived at Stonehenge late at night. At 0300 hours on the 28th, the unit was ordered to proceed to the marshaling area at Southampton immediately. The battalion sailed for France on the 29th. Early in the afternoon, the convoy ran into a mine field and six ships hit mines. The vessel on which "B" Company had sailed was so severely damaged that personnel were transferred in mid-channel to another boat and returned to the United Kingdom. The other ships reached Utah Beach, Normandy, without further incident. Art Pranger (7/5/98)