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Your name Gordon D. McDonald

In time of great crisis, people generally show either great ingenuity or
self-reliance, others do incredibly stupid things. Do you remember any
examples of either from D-Day? No

Where were you at midnight on June 5, 1944? aboard M.S.S.
Charles Carroll

Where were you at midnight on June 6, 1944?
Approximately 1,000 yards inland

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?
A.E. Humphreys, Jr. 3634 Martinel Ave, S.W. Roanoke,
Va.
J.D. Sink, 2816 Woodlawn Ave, S.W. Roanoke
D.[?C?]. Davidson, 3143 Williamson Road N.E.
Roanoke
D.R. Spicer, 4727 Eden Drive, N.W., Roanoke
This man was wounded by the same shell that
killed "The Major of St. Lo, (Major Tom Howie)
I might add that [inserted] there are [end inserted] quite a few men in the Roanoke
and surrounding area that participated in
the D-Day landings.
I will be available for interview at any time!

PLEASE LET US HAVE THIS QUESTIONNAIRE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, SO THAT WE CAN
INCLUDE YOUR EXPERIENCES IN THE BOOK. WE HOPE THAT YOU WIL CONTINUE YOUR
STORY ON SEPARATE SHEETS IF WE HAVE NOT LEFT SUFFICIENT ROOM. FULL
ACKOWLEDGEMENT 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.

Cornelius Ryan

Frances Ward
Research, The Reader's Digest