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Colonel Merritt makes the difficult decision to surrender to the German Army and be taken as prisoners of war.
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The landing craft turned and withdrew seaward and it was obvious that they weren’t coming in to get any more off, and I felt that there was simply no point in just allowing the, providing the Germans with a target. It was target practice.
Interviewer: So there had been no order from above, this was a decision you made as the officer commanding...
Oh yeah.
Interviewer: OK. When you ordered your men to lay down their arms and you had let the Germans know that you were surrendering, how long was it before the Germans came forward to take custody of the men?
Very short time. We were not very far apart.
Interviewer: What was your impression of the Germans that came to take you into custody and to accept the surrender?
Oh they were perfectly...they were just soldiers. And I think they were good soldiers. They treated us properly.