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- for Cornelius Ryan 2 -

Your name James Ernest Anderson

Did you by any chance keep a diary of what happened to
you that day?
I kept a small company diary in abbreviated and coded form.

Were any of your friends killed or wounded either during
landing or during the day? The officers and men of our unit trained
and worked together, many for the four years from mobilization to D-day.
I had a great many friends killed and wounded on D-day.

Do you remember any conversations you had with them before
they became casualties: At this time I remember only one conversation
with Major J. A. McNaughton, a First War veteran and A Company Commander.
Just after landing I asked him how his company made out and he replied, "Not
very well, I lost some of my best boys". I asked him how he made out him-
self and he held up his hand, showing where a bullet had gone through the
palm. He was killed five hours later at Tailleville.

Were you wounded? No.

Do you remember what it was like--that is, do you remember
whether you felt any pain or were so surprised that you
felt nothing?

N/A

Do you remember seeing or hearing anything that seems funny
now, even though it may not have seemed funny at the time?

Nothing.

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Do you recall any incident, sad or heroic or simply memorable,
which struck you more than anything else?

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