EXCERPTS Table of Contents Translator/Editor Notes Cover Page p.25   p.35  p.88  p.94  p.151  p.190  MEMOIRS FROM NORMANDY THE LANDING           88 in the morning on the 25th of July, our carts loaded, we evacuated with the whole village, about fifty kilometers out, to the Château du Jardin in Giel, property of Count Dauger, father of Madame Le Roy Ladurie. M'sieur Jacques couldn't bear to leave the Gobelins tapestry behind, so he used it as a beautiful tarpaulin.       In Tournebu, a plane hit by the D.C.A. [French anti-aircraft] fell in flames not far from us. Then we crossed the still-smoking ruins of Falaise. Out of all the rubble, I remember especially a radio set that had been hidden behind the metal curtain of a fireplace, now enthroned in plain view, above a heap of ruins.       At the Château du Jardin de Giel, the war had not yet arrived. We poor refugees, with our dusty load, brought its first indecent picture. Here, the birds were singing and you could no longer hear the rumble of battle. Their reception