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- for Cornelius Kyan 3 -
Your name Charles D. Reed

In times of great crisis, people generally show either great ingenuity or
self-reliance; others do incredibly stupid things. Do you remember any
examples of either?

Where were you at midnight on June 5, 1944?
I was aboard the Thomas Jefferson, talking and praying with men.

Where were you at midnight on June 6, 1944?
I was on the Normandy Beach, frightened to death as flares from
German planes lighted the beach brighter than day light with the
flares they were dropping.

Do you know of anybody else who landed within those 24 hours (midnight
June 5 to midnight June 6) as infantry, glider or airborne troops, or
who took part in the air and sea operations, whom we should write to?
I do not have names or addresses of any others now. A Major
Charles Cauthorne, from Virginia was the Headquarters Company
Commander who was shot through the cheeks while giving an order.

Chaplain (Major) O. N. G.
166th Regimental Combat Team

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.

Cornelius Ryan

Frances Ward
Research, The Reader 's Digest