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April 23, 1953

Dear Lieutenant Ashby:

Thank you very much for your letter of April 7th in which you express a will-
ingness to help us in the preparation of Mr. Ryan's book about D-Day. As your
source of information probably stated, Mr. Ryan hopes to interview as many of the
people who reply to our plea for information as possible. However, since he is
now in Europe and since the size of the project makes it necessary for us to keep
a fairly complete file on each individual who offers to help, we wonder if you
would be willing to complete the enclosed record and return it to me at your
earliest convenience.
We are very grateful for your interest in the D-Day book. Without such inter-
est the book could not be at all. We look forward to hearing from you again.

Sincerely yours,

Frances Ward
Research Department

First Lieutenant Carroll A. Ashby
USAR Center Number 8
102 South Wayne Street
Washington & Lee Shopping Center
Arlington 4, Virginia