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- for Cornelius Ryan 3 -

Your name

In times of great crisis, people generally show either great ingenuity
or self-reliances others do incredibly stupid things. Do you remember any
examples of either from D-day? One of our Sgts who landed in water
about knee deep . [crossed out][illegible][end crossed out] and when he got out of his harness
and looked about him saw two men approaching him.
but were coming from difference angles. his gun and ammunition
had gotten wet when he landed in the water but he got
ready in case, as they approached he could hear them talking
but the couldnt make out rather it was English or German
the two men were together now and closer and about
this time he recongized this languaged and fired and brought
them both down with one burst had he of fired sooner they wouldnt
of been together and he would
of been in a greater danger

Where were you at midnight on June 5, 1944?
In a briefing camp in England

Where were you at midnight on June 6, 1944?
Out over the English Channel

Do you know of anybody else who landed within the 24 hours of D-day, June 6, as infantry, glider or airborne troops, or who took part in the air and sea operations, whom we should write to?

These are all men from out battalion

[crossed out] [?Petruice?] [end crossed out] Petruic, D
P.O. Box 120
Avonlea, Sask.

P.A. Paterson
R.R.#1 Campbellville
Halton Co. N.S.

William Barr
[?Hossier?] Sask.

Brigadier James Hill
3rd Parachute Brigade
Bulford England

Frank Brady
Liverpool, NS.

Bill Fitzsimons
183 Bayfield St
Barrie Ont.

Edward [crossed out] P [end crossed out] Pinay
Lorlie, Sask.

This was good in
1945 but may not
be any good now
but may help you to find him he was a
fine solider and thought a lot of us Canadians

D.R. Hartigan
671 North Sydney NS

Jim Adamson
1060 Dansey Ave.
New Westminster
B. [crossed out] C [ end crossed out] C.

Jack Summerhays
Canmore. Alberta
was taken prisoner and
has a good story for you
if you can get in

PLEASE LET US HAVE THIS QUESTIONNAIRE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, SO THAT WE CAN
INCLUDE YOUR EXPERIENCES IN THE BOOK. WE HOPE THAT YOU WILL CONTINUE YOUR
STORY ON SEPARATE SHEETS IF WE HAVE NOT LEFT SUFFICIENT ROOM. FULL
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT WILL BE GIVEN IN A CHAPTER CALLED "WHERE THEY ARE NOW;"
YOUR NAME AND VOCATION OR OCCUPATION WILL BE LISTED.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP.

I have other addressed if you wish them
but they are from
the same battalion

Cornelius Ryan

Frances Ward
Research, The Reader's Digest

A. Huton
Prescott
Ontario
[inserted] Has an experience that is good [end inserted]