by Cornelius Ryan, which was eventually turned into a movie starring John Wayne. Excerpts from Olmsted's account include: "The Channel was very choppy. Many were seasick on the HQ Ship. About 3 Miles from shore we got onboard Landing Craft Assaults (LCAs). The trip to the shore was quite rough and a number of waves broke over the LCA." "[The LCA landed] about one mile East of Courselles-Sur-Mer at approximately 11:00 hours 6 Jun. 1944. Everyone was eager and anxious to get going. No adverse rumours. All were extremely confident of the outcome." "Nothing was funny. Dead cattle all over the place. Civilians were very nervous and terrified of the Germans. Casualties were heavy. Weather warm on shore. Cloudy but dry day. We landed about 1.5 Miles from the spot we were supposed to land and had to walk to our HQ selected location" "...I was most impressed with the calm atmosphere around HQ. Everyone knew his job and was doing it well. Communications were not as good as they might have been and I rode forward to HQ 7 [Brigade] on a motorcycle to obtain information. I was amazed to go through large areas where there were no troops and where everything was deserted" After D-Day Olmsted was put on Regimental duty with the 13th Canadian Field Regiment, RCA, serving with this unit through France, Holland, Belgium and Germany until the end of hostilities. In April 1945, he was promoted to the rank of Major. The 13th Field was an Alberta-based artillery Regiment consisting of three four-gun troops. The Regiment primarily utilized 25-pound howitzer artillery pieces during operations. Olmsted performed a variety of roles in the 13th Field, notably leading the Regiment during the Battle of the Scheldt. Olmsted was slightly injured in Germany, when his jeep was hit by a German artillery shell after stopping to converse with a motorcycle courier. The driver of the jeep and the motorcycle courier were both fatally injured in the attack, while Olmsted survived mostly unscathed. In another incident the Buffalo amphibious Landing Vehicle Tracked (LVT) he was riding in struck a submerged telephone pole and sank. He and the other crew were forced to abandon the vehicle and were stranded overnight on a small island until they were rescued.: Post-War Olmsted continued his service with the Canadian Army long after WWII. In 1956 he was promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel and went on