I AM compiling a book of reminiscences of people involved in amphibious operations of the Second World War.

I would be delighted to hear from anyone who served in the Royal Navy, Merchant Navy, Army or RAF during the war, or who worked in a factory or shipyard producing equipment for the successful landings in the Mediterranean, North West Europe and Far East.

The intention is to record, in the participants' own words, the experiences of day-to-day life normally overlooked by history books.

C J BRUCE, 7 Elliott House, Elliott Road, Thornton Health, Surrey. CR7 7QA.

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