EU9376DEBRIEF


 * Discovered in Channing Brown's dossier, dated Feb 18, 1950

SRPA.net File Locator #[EU9376Debrief] Brown, Channing Sgt. Service No. 764122AX Mildenhall UK 18.2.50

For Diplomatic Pouch to Department of War

Debriefing Summary, Transcript (Redacted)

BROWN: Upon reaching the northern edge of Genoa, we discovered the city was under _____________________ The Italian command was headquartered in the Palazzo Doria. I was assigned to a mixed unit of British and Italian soldiers gathering intelligence under the command of _________ ________________ there were ____________ in all. We moved south along the docks until we reached the river.

At the river, the local troops were _______________________ Although we'd been told about them, ______________________ ____________________________

The Italians call them ______ and something like _____________ I saw _______________________ There were huge numbers of what I guess I'd call, for lack of a better term, ____________ _________ _______________________________________________ ______ although they _________________ There were ___________ ______ although they _________________ There were ___________ ___________________________________ Then there were a couple of stronger _________________________. They had some kind of __________ not a ________ Our ________ were not very effective against them.

Local troops were not able to hold _________________.

One of the troops was an Austrian soldier who has been retreating since ______ fell. Eigner, his name was. His English was very good. He claimed to be the last of his unit, maybe the last Austrian still in Europe. He claimed that anyone who falls __________________ never escapes. We were ________ by _______________________ and a bunch of _____________ and during the _________________ he was _________________ He shot himself rather than risk __________ _______

INTERVIEWER: Sergeant? Do you need a moment?

BROWN: No, I'm fine.

INTERVIEWER: Are you ready to continue?

BROWN: Yeah. The long and the short of it is, we retreated back towards the Palazzo Doria, where I was entrusted with a diplomatic pouch.

[pause]

Did anyone get out after me?

(see the uncensored file)