Shine india monthly magazine published this article page no 9 as the grenade exploded pte charlie gardiner jumped into the dugout wally parr opened the door again and gardiner finished off the germans inside with a burst from his sten the shouts of paratroopers from the running sentry the sound of lt brotheridges sten pte grays burst from his bren the crump of cpl baileys grenades going off and the flare from the german ncos verey pistol brought the other german defenders to life. many of the private soldiers were foreign conscripts and these quickly faded into the night but the ncos all of whom were german sprang to their positions back on lz x glider 93 came to a halt with a shuddering crash on the edge of the pond between the two gliders already on the ground as it did so it swung ninety degrees breaking in half. capt john vaughan ramc was thrown clear and knocked completely unconscious. lt richard sandy smith was also thrown clear to land face down in the mud he had lost his sten and momentarily did not know where he was or what he was doing. picking up the nearest sten lt smith gathered his platoon together and made for maj howards position shine india monthly magazine telugu.
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