Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A matsayin Manjo, ya sauka a Faransa a Gold Beach a ranar D-Day a ranar 6 ga Yuni, 1944, a matsayin Mataimakin Mataimakin Janar Janar (DAQMG) na 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division, wani tsari na farko na TA, a karkashin jagorancin Major-Janar Douglas Graham. Macleod ya tashi a ranar 1 ga Yuni, a shirye don mamayewa wanda aka jinkirta daga ranar 5 ga Yuni zuwa 6 ga Yuni. Rukunin na 50, wani kwararren tsohon soja wanda ya yi yaƙi a Arewacin Afirka da Sicily
, an ba shi aikin kama Arromanches, inda za a kafa tashar jiragen ruwa ta Mulberry, kuma a ƙarshen rana masu sintiri sun tura zuwa ƙauyukan Bayeux. Macleod ya shafe yawancin rana yana zagayawa a yankin bakin teku don bincika ci gaba, yana wucewa da wuraren da abokan gaba ke riƙe, tare da Laftanar Kanar "Bertie" Gibb. Daga baya ya rubuta cewa yana da "ƙwaƙwalwar ƙwaƙwalwar ajiya" na D-Day. Zai iya tuna abin da ya ci amma ba lokacin da ya ci shi ba, ko kuma lokacin da ya je ya cika bindigarsa sai ya ga cewa batman dinsa ya cika jakar bindigarsa da kayan zaki da aka dafa. Masu tsara shirye-shiryen Burtaniya sun yi tsammanin asarar kashi 40% a ranar D, kuma daga baya Macleod ya rubuta cewa shi da kansa ya yi tsammanin za a kashe shi, amma da ya fahimci tsakar dare cewa ya tsira daga ranar D ya yanke shawarar cewa zai tsira daga yakin kuma ya ga haihuwar ɗansa na biyu a watan Oktoba.