AHTER 1944 0917 Edward Murrow Counts Parachute

In just about 30 seconds now, our ship will drop at least 19 men. We'll walk out on the Dutch saws. You can probably hear the snap as they check the lashing on the static line.

We're trying to go back now. There it goes. You hear them shout? Three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, seven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, fifteen, fifteen, seventeen, six. Now now, every man cleared. They're dropping just beside a little windmill near a church.

hanging there very quickly to make them really relax. I said a moment ago like nothing so much as cackied dolls hanging beneath a green lampshade. See one man go down just north of the little road.

The whole sky is filled with power down so slowly it seems as though they should get to the ground much faster.