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June 24, 1958

Mr. Harry Kucipak
27 Hill Street
Tupper Lake, New York

Dear Mr. Kucipak:

Thank you very much for your letter and for your willingness to help us with
Cornelius Ryan's book about D-Day. I hope you will forgive the delay in
replying to your kind offer of assistance; we are gratified, but somewhat
overwhelmed, by the wonderful response which we are getting as a reult of our
requests for information.

During the next few months, both in this country and in Europe, Mr. Ryan will
be interviewing many of the D-Day participants who agree to contribute to the
book. Very probably, he will wish to talk with you during that period. In
the meantime, since we are dealing with so many people, we have found it neces-
sary to develop and individual file on each person who agrees to help us.
Therefore, we hope you will complete the enclosed record and return it to me
at your earliest convenience. We truly believe that these questions will serve
you, as well as us, if they can help to crystallize some hazy memories and to
indicate the sort of information which we are seeking.

I should be most grateful to know as soon as possible when and if you will be \available for interview. We want very much to tell the story of your unit, and
in order to do that we need the personal accounts of the men who were there.
We particularly look forward to your reply.

Sincerely yours,

Frances Ward
Research Department

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Enclosure