Lt. Col. John Berry

[24th Arm'd Engr. Bn.]

Because it leaves off in the planing stages, I'll give some stats as told to my by a vet that was in 3rd Battalion, 1st wave. If I recall correctly, he was in the boat next to Maj. Cook. Could be wrong.

 

He says;

"I was in the first wave of the WAAL River crossing and was fortunate being of the survivors of that action (out of the 206 men in the crossing, 48 troopers died and half of the others were wounded)."

 

He was not wounded during the crossing, but the man in-front of him in the boat was KIA.