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- for Cornelius Ryan 2 -
Your name John Erhart Schaupmeyer

[inserted] 13 [end inserted] Did you by any chance keep a diary of what happened to you that day? no.

[inserted] 14 [end inserted] Were any of your friends killed or wounded either during the landing or
during the day?
yes several of our chums were unfortunate to
be killed and several more wounded

[inserted] 15 [end inserted] Do you remember any conversations you had with them before they became
casualties?
I am sorry to say I can't help you out here
as it is so long ago. Thinking back over I can give
you two conversations with two of our boys which
is very interesting but true and I will add a page or two.
[inserted] 16 [end inserted] Were you wounded? no. (But became an accident casualty in 1946
[inserted] 17 [end inserted] 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?

[inserted] 18 [end inserted] Do you remember seeing or hearing anything that seems funny now, even
though it may not have seemed funny at the time?
As I won't have room on this space for the
few lines I will write about this I will try and write
a page or two to cover our travels from England to France
if of any use to you.

[inserted] 19 [end inserted] Do you recall any incident, sad or heroic or simply memorable, which struck
you more than anything else?
We were dug in a yard by a big chateau and on
the evening of June 6th when we heard Jerrys brake
through our ranks so we had to dig in again in a
defensive position. Jerry dropped flares which made
it like daylight. They then came back and dropped
a couple of eggs. The whine of the bombs started
and running towards us as the flares were dying out
were two soldiers. We had to challenge them with our
"passwords" I was acting second on the Bren, Bill Allen
(continued on extra pages.) of Edmonton.