INVASION OF SICILY
SUPERB ORGANISATION AUSTRALIAN PRAISE Sydney, Dec. 20. The Australian commander of a merchant vessel that sailed with the invasion fleet to Sicily, Captain Harry Boddam-Whettam, has returned to his home at Mosman, Sydney, for a rest. He is visiting his home for the first time in two years. “It was the finest sight of my life to see those 3000 merchant ships of efurs preparing for the invasion,” he said. “At sunset on the day before the invasion, the ships came from east, south, and west. The way it was organised was wonderful. All those ships were handled without a hitch. There was no moon, and the ships crept to within three miles of the Sicilian coast. We could hear aeroplanes going overhead all night. The aeroplanes were carrying Allied paratroops and all ships were warned not to open fire. “Hundreds of searchlights were on shore and a most remarkable thing happened. They searched the skies for the aeroplanes, but never once did they appear.”
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 79, 7 January 1944, Page 6
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