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Show How Correspondents Felt on D-Day Of the 28 correspondents in the assault group about two-thirds had already seen action in various war theaters. The old-timers sort of gravitated together, people such as Bill Stoneman, Don Whitehead, Jack Thompson, Clark Lee, Tex O'Reilly and myself. We conjectured on when we would get the final call, conjectured on what assignments we would draw. for few of us knew 'what unit we would go with. And in more pensive moments we also conjectured on oul chances of coming through alive. We felt our chances were not very good. And we were not happy about it. Men like Don Whitehead and Clark Lee, who had- been through the mill so long and so boldly, begiin to get nerves. And frankly I was the worst of the lot. |